Scientists have developed new methods to recreate perfumes used during the ancient Egyptian mummification process, an advance that could lead to multisensory museum experiences in the future. In ...

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

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

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

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

Scientists have developed new methods to recreate perfumes used during the ancient ­Egyptian mummification process – an advance that could lead to ­multi-sensory museum experiences in the future.

Advances in the field have shown that ancient objects can retain the "molecular fingerprints" of past aromatic practices.

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

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

As previously reported, Egyptian embalming is thought to have begun in the Predynastic Period or earlier, when people noticed that the arid desert heat tended to dry and preserve bodies buried in the ...

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 ...