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

A team has carried out a new study, with the help of both human noses and scientific tools, to work out how a group of ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies emit ‘woody,’ ‘spicy,’ and ‘sweet’ scents, revealing details about embalming practices. The ...

Fidel Castro was sworn in as Cuba’s youngest premier, six weeks after dictator Fulgencio Batista stepped down and fled into ...

Museum officials said the bread is “believed to be up to 3,000 years old.” It’s unclear who collected the sample, when they ...

Researchers studying well-preserved Egyptian mummies discovered that they smell good. The team was studying nine mummies, ...

Egyptian Women Had Lower Back Tattoos, May Have Been Powerful Symbol for Protection During Childbirth Lower back tattoos have ...

Ancient people weren’t immune to bothersome pests. Learn about the different methods and tools they used to stay pest-free.

Everything from a cursed mummy to a steering mistake have been floated as the real causes of the ‘Titanic’ disaster—and some ...

The battered and sand-scraped 1920s leather case has the distinctive initials of Howard Carter on its lid. When he finished in the desert in 1939, he gave it to a lad from Bishop who had become an ...

Scent was an important consideration in the mummification process that used oils, waxes and balms to preserve the body and ...

The analysis provided new insights into the materials ancient Egyptians used for embalming, revealing how these practices ...