A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other ...

Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered. Researchers who examined nine mummies found that though there was ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies ... Five of the mummies had been kept in the storage area, while the other four were kept in glass and wooden display cases in the exhibition area.

Centuries after they were painstakingly prepared for death, mummies still produce ... of the study and director of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, said: 'To the ancient Egyptians, mummification ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...

A delicate operation to return an Egyptian mummy and a sarcophagus to Cairo cost University College Cork more than €34,000.