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Hyderabad: The rare Egyptian mummy at the Telangana State Archaeology Museum in Nampally is crying out to be saved. It has visible wear between the ne.
The Manchester Museum in northern England is asking visitors whether it should withdraw an ancient Egyptian mummy from its displayed collections, 200 years after it was first shown. Now, a small ...
Mummies’ aromas may provide insight into historical social classes and periods, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...
CAIRO — Ancient Egyptian mummies don’t smell the way most people might expect. Instead of the musty odor often associated with old tombs and artifacts, many mummies give off surprisingly ...
We know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: what do ancient Egyptian mummies smell like? Whether you wanted to know or not, scientists ...
Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice: Researchers Analyze the Surprising Smells of Ancient Egyptian Mummies A recent study highlights the significance of olfactory heritage in understanding ancient ...
Discover the Aromas of Ancient Egyptian Mummies, From Orange Peels to Pine to Incense A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes ...
Archaeologists discovered more than a dozen mummies older than 2,000 years with tongues made from golden amulets. Ancient Egyptians’ idea behind the golden tongues was that they would help the ...
An over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died of the bubonic plague marks the first case of the disease outside the Eurasian continent.
Black Death DNA Found In 3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy The plague was killing people long before the Black Death pandemic.
Scientists have identified a 2,600-year-old mummy kept in an Australian museum as a Kushite princess from ancient Egypt.