The ancient Egyptians were not the first culture to mummify their dead, but they practically perfected the practice by ...

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 ...

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

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

The historically important reveal is said to mark the end of a search for the lost tombs of the kings of ancient Egypt’s ...

This is the first time archaeologists found a royal tomb since the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922.

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse.But researchers who indulged their curiosity in ...

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