According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, musty crypts and the decayed remains of ...

Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science described them as "woody," "spicy," and "sweet," with floral notes.

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

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

Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse ...

Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) official Yuan Liaofan was celebrated at a recent temple fair at Liaofan Park in Tianjin's Baodi ...

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

The team headed to Harvard University’s Peabody Museum in Cambridge, where they were granted permission to collect the yeast ...

The best Nile River cruise, and the best way to see Egypt’s ancient treasures, is on an Oberoi Nile Cruiser, and they have ...

This Valentine’s Day, as we exchange stylised hearts in celebration of love, we might pause to remember that the power of the ...

While most of the world was in lockdown, a team of 15 researchers carefully scraped thousands of years of soot, dirt, and ...

And in spending more than four days at the site west of Cairo, the multi-millionaire stumbled across one discovery that left ...