Barbara Huber, a postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Germany who was not involved in the ...

Few visitors wandering through the mummy galleries at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo have the opportunity—or perhaps the ...

The team’s approach could inspire museums to entertain visitors with odorous features such as smellscapes. In fact, the ...

Even around 5,000 years after their embalming, Strlič and collaborators described the bodies as smelling “pleasant.” This is ...

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

Uunfortunately for the Egyptians, who believed a 'good' smell after death brought people closer to the gods, the mummies' aromas now have faint notes of cheese, vomit and urine.

Learn how unpacking olfactory elements helps researchers understand mummy preservation techniques, and how you could one day ...

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

Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies preserved for 5,000 years smell “woody”, “spicy” and “sweet”, according to scientists who ...

Scientists discover a surprisingly pleasant fragrance emitted by ancient Egyptian mummies, defying expectations and offering ...

This new data offers clues about the materials used in mummification and how practices and ingredients evolved.