Barbara Huber, a postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Germany who was not involved in the ...

Scientists used an 'electronic nose' (and good old biological sniffers) to reveal the scents of ancient mummies.

The research team explained that smell was a key consideration for the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process, as ...

Welcome to ‘sensory heritage’, the study of how we engage with objects from the past besides what they look like.

The research, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, involved sniffing nine mummies, some dating back ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies preserved for 5,000 years smell “woody”, “spicy” and “sweet”, according to scientists who ...

Researchers studying ancient mummies were able to determine the odors of them. The team assessed smells of the mummies at a ...