The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

In Nes-Min’s case, CT scanning revealed a collapsed lumbar vertebra - an injury pattern that suggests age-related wear and tear and likely long-term discomfort. According to Summer Decker, head of 3D ...

The remarkable Roman Egypt-era work represents some the earliest realistic portrait paintings still in existence today.

A new study shows how ancient Egyptian mummy scent contains chemical clues that uncover embalming methods used thousands of ...

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 have ...

The secrets of Ancient Egypt have long been unearthed through hieroglyphs, tomb excavations, and X-ray scans, but now, researchers are turning to an unexpected method—smell. Scientists are literally ...

MEXICO CITY (WKRC) - An archeological group is up in arms after one of their beloved mummies lost theirs. The organization blames the city government for improper handling of the ancient specimen. The ...

Mummification was a sacred ritual of the ancient Egyptians, who called their mummified dead “noble ones.” But when mummies started showing up as supernatural archfiends in Victorian horror novels and ...

As thoughts turn to Halloween, ghosts and spirits, it seems appropriate to learn more about how other cultures view death and the great beyond. Tomorrow, at the UW's Burke Museum, you can do just that ...

Mexico City — Mexico's federal archaeology agency on Monday accused the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating one of the country's famous mummified 19th century bodies. The National ...