Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič, a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Ljubljana and a professor of heritage science at University College London.

After discovering a trove of mummified crocodiles in Egypt, researchers noticed something unexpected—these reptiles had an ...

The word "mummy" instantly takes us into the mystical world of ancient Egypt, a civilization full of secrets and fascinating ...

Would you like to smell an ancient mummy? Find out what they smell like here ...

Scientists examining "alien mummies" discovered in Peru claim they have found new evidence proving the specimens are "100 per cent real". Researchers have shared details from their investigation of a ...

A new study led by researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana reveals that ancient Egyptian mummified bodies emit ...

Displaying Egyptian mummies and other human remains in museums and universities should be banned as it may offend the 'wishes of the ancestors', MPs have claimed. The all-party Parliamentary Group ...

But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually smell pretty good. “In films and books, terrible things happen to those ...

The British Museum houses an incredible collection of artefacts from Ancient Egypt, from the famed Rosetta Stone to an ...

Despite the clear and present danger of being cancelled, I have to fess up that I‘d never heard of the all-party ...