Discover the Aromas of Ancient Egyptian Mummies, From Orange Peels to Pine to Incense
Few visitors wandering through the mummy galleries at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo have the opportunity—or perhaps the inclination—to smell the aromas wafting off the gilded sarcophagi and elaborately wrapped bodies of ancient Egyptian elites on display in glass cases.
Researchers Sniff Ancient Egyptian Remains, Make Surprising Discovery
Barbara Huber, a postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Germany who was not involved in the study, said the findings provide crucial data on compounds that could preserve or degrade mummified remains. The information could be used to better protect the ancient bodies for future generations.
Smell of Ancient Egyptian Mummies Reveals New Insights Into Embalming Practices
The analysis provided new insights into the materials ancient Egyptians used for embalming, revealing how these practices evolved. It also highlighted how museums have preserved these ancient bodies, often applying modern chemicals that blend with the original scents.
The scent of the mummy. Research discovers ancient Egyptian remains smell nice
Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse
Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Researchers Analyze the Surprising Smells of Ancient Egyptian Mummies
What do Egyptian mummies smell like? An international team of researchers has a surprising answer: woody, spicy, and sweet (but if you’re inexplicably interested in things that smell like rotting bodies,
What do Egyptian mummies smell like? Scientists sniff out an answer
We know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: what do ancient Egyptian mummies smell like? Whether you wanted to know or not, scientists have now given us an answer.
Photos: Scientists analyze ancient mummies’ scents using chemistry and ‘sniffers’
Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies emit ‘woody,’ ‘spicy,’ and ‘sweet’ scents, revealing details about embalming practices. The ...
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Will filmmaker Lee Cronin’s The Mummy reboot break free from the misrepresentation of Egypt seen in earlier films?
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"Woody and sweet": It turns out ancient mummies smell good
Researchers studying well-preserved Egyptian mummies discovered that they smell good. The team was studying nine mummies, ...