The scent of the mummy. Research discovers ancient Egyptian remains smell nice
Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse.
‘Myrrh, conifer oil and … breakfast tea’: my sniffer team’s surprise findings on what mummified bodies smell like
Welcome to ‘sensory heritage’, the study of how we engage with objects from the past besides what they look like.
Researchers sniffed ancient Egyptian mummies, for science. Here’s what they smell like
Researchers sniffed ancient Egyptian mummies, for science. Here’s what they smell like - The scientists were ‘surprised’ at ...
Veterans Memorial Museum to expand for Vietnam display
For decades after his military service, Bruce Whipple would take his mobile museum filled with Vietnam-era items to military shows, schools and air shows. The 75-year-old, who served in the Vietnam ...
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What Do Ancient Egyptian Mummies Smell Like? “Woody”, “Spicy” and Even “Sweet”
In the hushed halls of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the air isn’t just thick with history. A new study has for the first ...
What do Egyptian mummies smell like? Surprisingly pleasant.
Even around 5,000 years after their embalming, Strlič and collaborators described the bodies as smelling “pleasant.” This is ...
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Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’
Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’, finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the ...