Displaying ancestral remains such as Egyptian mummies in museums is offensive, MPs have claimed. Members of the All-Party ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King ...

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

Ancient mummies in Egypt have a smell that was not anticipated by scientists but indicates crucial information about its history.

Kinship: Home is the culmination of the Cork artist's longterm project involving the return of a 2,000-year-old mummy to Egypt. As well as documenting the project, the book features contributions from ...

Without sampling the mummies themselves ... Dr. Abdelrazek Elnaggar, part of the research team at the Egyptian museum in Cairo, pose for a photo with a selection of the mummified bodies.

But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian ... Museum in Cairo. The researchers wanted to systematically study the smell of mummies ...

Scientists found that Egyptian mummies emit distinct “woody,” “spicy,” and “sweet” scents, revealing insights into their ...

Archaeologists uncover Thutmose II’s 3,500-year-old tomb, marking a groundbreaking discovery in Egypt’s Thebes region.

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 ...

The British Museum houses an incredible collection of artefacts from Ancient Egypt, from the famed Rosetta Stone to an ...

For the study’s sensory analysis, the team developed 13 olfactory descriptors. Conservators have long noted that mummies ...