'Woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet': Smell of ancient Egyptian mummified bodies reveals new insights into embalming practices
Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the ...
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What Do Ancient Egyptian Mummies Smell Like? “Woody”, “Spicy” and Even “Sweet”
Scientists used an 'electronic nose' (and good old biological sniffers) to reveal the scents of ancient mummies.
New study reveals that ancient Egyptian mummies smell ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’
A new study has uncovered the "woody," "spicy," and "sweet" scents of ancient Egyptian mummies, shedding light on the mummification process and its evolution over time.
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What Do Ancient Egyptian Mummies Smell Like? Spicy and Sweet, Scientists Say
A study reveals that ancient Egyptian mummies emit woody, spicy and sweet scents, likely from embalming materials like myrrh, ...
Ancient Egyptian mummies still smell nice, study finds
Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have ...
The women who made America’s microchips and the children who paid for it
The US wants to bring back domestic chipmaking. But America’s first generation of Silicon Valley factory workers endured ...
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What do Egyptian mummies smell like? Scientists sniff out an answer
We know what they look like, and even sound like, but there’s one question you might not have pondered: what do ancient ...
What do ancient mummies smell like? 'Sniffer' team uncovers 5,000-year-old secret
We now know what ancient Egyptian mummies smell like, thanks to new research that deployed a team of trained 'sniffers'. And ...
How do mummies smell? Like pine, cedar, juniper, myrrh, and frankincense
Researchers find that aromatic resins used in mummification continue to produce sweet, woody, and spicy scents.