Learn how traces on Egyptian mummification jars were used to make perfume, bringing ancient fragrances and societies back to ...

The discovery of mummies preserved through the smoke-drying method in Vietnam and some other Southeast Asian countries was a ...

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 ...

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), ...

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

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

The mummies tested in the study spanned almost the entire history of ancient Egypt, ranging from 2000 BCE to 295 CE. On the whole, the researchers found that mummies from the same historical period ...

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

The mummies are rising and they’re ready for the spotlight at the California Science Center. On Saturday, Feb. 7 the Los ...