Old Gold-Laced Mummy With Ancient King's 'Secret Keeper' Discovered, Leaves Archaeologists Stunned In recent years, ...

The earliest Egyptian mummies discovered by archaeologists date to around 3500 B.C., well before the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. Mummification was a sacred funeral rite for the ancient ...

they studied nine mummies on display and in storage at Cairo's Egyptian Museum. The results, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, offer a fresh perspective on ancient ...

I was asked by the University of Ljubljana, in association with the University of Krakow and the Egyptian Museum in ... it would be like to smell these ancient bodies. However, you'd be forgiven for ...

Researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana have analyzed the aromas of ancient Egyptian mummified bodies, uncovering details about embalming materials and conservation techniques. This ...

Egyptian mummies still carry a pleasant odour ... The researchers peeked inside the sarcophagus to determine the scent, which could go some way to dispel myths - disseminated in popular culture - ...

The model, which is on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, was made from a wooden box measuring ... was therefore crucial to ancient Egyptian society, according to the Met.

LUXOR, Egypt (WKRC) - An ancient tomb belonging to an Egyptian king was uncovered by archaeologists in what is being hailed as a "remarkable" discovery by officials. Archaeologists discovered the ...

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Fascinated by ancient artifacts, she seized the opportunity to study the mysterious mummy bundle, eventually developing an agreement with the USU ... placing the artifact firmly in ancient Egyptian ...