In 1872, two British men took three artifacts from the Great Pyramid of Giza. These are the only known items ever removed ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the ...

The study is the first time that the smells of mummified bodies have been systematically analyzed. The post New research ...

Egyptian artifacts, dinosaur fossils and taxidermy mounts headline eccentric items at the SkullStore Oddity Shop and ...

Scientists used an 'electronic nose' (and good old biological sniffers) to reveal the scents of ancient mummies.

The artifacts, which included amulets and a sculpture, smelled like earth when they spilled out of his suitcases, according ...

We know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: what do ancient ...

A study reveals that ancient Egyptian mummies emit woody, spicy and sweet scents, likely from embalming materials like myrrh, ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies emit ‘woody,’ ‘spicy,’ and ‘sweet’ scents, revealing details about embalming practices. The ...

Evidence suggests ancient civilizations, including the Greeks, may have had early optical knowledge and devices like ...

A bottle of Egyptian blue hand mixed by George Washington Carver (c. 1864-1943) was loaned by the Iowa State archives.

Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...