A new study underscores the ubiquity of pleasant smells attached to commonly displayed objects, like sarcophagi and wrappings used in mummified remains.

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Despite the clear and present danger of being cancelled, I have to fess up that I‘d never heard of the all-party ...

“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.

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A new study found that one crocodile's mummification began "very rapidly after the death," which was caused by blunt force ...

Lawmakers and campaigners in the United Kingdom are pushing for an end to the display of human remains in museums and the ...

No archaeologist dares to open a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy, fearing the loss of a one-of-a-kind burial method.

The art of mummification was at its peak during this era. The mummy offers a unique view of burial rites during the Ptolemaic period and is currently kept in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.