The team then developed two ways to present ancient scents to the public. Alongside the artifacts that inspired this project, ...

Archaeologists bring 3,500-year-old fragrances used by ancient Egyptians back to life - Advance could lead to multisensory ...

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

A new bioarchaeological study has identified what researchers describe as the first known case of deliberate mummification applied to a child sacrificed during the Inca capacocha ritual. The finding ...

Archaeologists uncover the first case of deliberate mummification of an Inca child, shedding new light on ancient Andean rituals.

Scientists have developed new methods to recreate perfumes used during ancient Egyptian mummification processes. This advance, utilising improved tools to study volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ...

What did ancient Egypt really smell like? Not just how it looked or sounded, but how it felt to stand near a royal burial.

Two Egyptian mummies underwent full-body computed tomography (CT) scans, which doctors today use to identify injuries and ...

The research team highlighted that smoked mummies in East Asia predate the famous mummies of Egypt and South America by several thousand years, offering groundbreaking insights into the global history ...

Recent advances in biomolecular archaeology have revealed that ancient objects can retain the molecular fingerprints of past ...

Gayle Anderson previews the new California Science Center exhibition Mummies of the World. Explore more than 30-naturally and ...