It’s been thousands of years, but still, much of ancient Egypt’s mummification practices remain hidden in history. But now, researchers are sniffing out new clues. Using cutting-edge technology, ...

Animal mummification in ancient Egypt was a carefully organized practice that connected spiritual beliefs with economic activity. This wasn’t a rare or occasional ritual but a large, sustained ...

LONDON — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies ...

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Cat Mummy (Third Intermediate Period to Late Period, 780–390 BCE) and ibis mummy from the ibis cemetery at Abydos (Early Roman Period, 30 BCE–early 1st century CE) in ‘Soulful Creatures: Animal ...

Trying to re-create the scents and smells of the past is a daunting challenge, given the ephemeral nature of these olfactory cues. Now scientists have identified the compounds in the balms used to ...

Centuries after they were painstakingly prepared for death, mummies still produce an odour described as woody, spicy and sweet. But unfortunately for the Egyptians, who believed a 'good' smell after ...

CAIRO (AP) — Archaeologists in Egypt stumbled upon a new discovery dating back to more than 2,500 years ago near Egypt’s famed pyramids at an ancient necropolis south of Cairo. The discovery which ...