Most people know what an ancient Egyptian mummy looks like, but they probably can’t tell you about how they smell. You don’t have to wait to get up-close-and-personal to one in a museum to ...

“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.

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 ...

An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that ...

Unwrapping the Scent of a Mummy Researchers from the University College London and University of Ljubljana, working with conservators and curators at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, deployed a variety ...

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 who ...

Ancient Egyptian mummies, preserved for millennia, continue to emit pleasant scents due to the aromatic resins and waxes used in their embalming, according to a new study published in the Journal ...