If you have ever stood close to an ancient Egyptian mummy, you may remember a distinctive, lingering odor. For a long time, ...

Recent advances in biomolecular archaeology have revealed that ancient objects can retain the molecular fingerprints of past ...

Advances in the field have shown that ancient objects can retain the "molecular fingerprints" of past aromatic practices.

Two Egyptian mummies underwent full-body computed tomography (CT) scans, which doctors today use to identify injuries and ...

The team then developed two ways to present ancient scents to the public. Alongside the artifacts that inspired this project, the team recreated the aromas of mummification in ancient Egypt. A ...

Recent advances in biomolecular archaeology have revealed that ancient objects can retain the molecular fingerprints of past aromatic practices. These ...

The remarkable Roman Egypt-era work represents some the earliest realistic portrait paintings still in existence today.

As previously reported, Egyptian embalming is thought to have begun in the Predynastic Period or earlier, when people noticed ...

Archaeologist says love of jewellery is common to both cultures; unlike ancient Egyptian texts, Mohenjo Daro's scripts are ...

CT scans used by Keck Medicine of USC have revealed health secrets in two ancient Egyptian priests, offering insight into ...

The Imagine company recently announced that an exhibit called "Discovering King Tut’s Tomb" will arrive in Boston this month. "Imagine is currently producing, presenting or operating more than 40 ...

CAIRO - Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and club foot. He died of complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, and his ...