Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

The king's mummy and sarcophagus are missing from the royal tomb, which is the second of its kind unearthed this year ...

The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II is the first royal crypt discovered in recent years, and scientists have new powerful tools to analyze it.

Live Science reports that an international team of researchers has finally resolved the mystery surrounding a controversial ...

In a new study, a team of researchers analyzed the scents of nine human mummies as old as 5,000 years from the collections at the Egyptian Museum ... span from the New Kingdom in the second ...

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič, a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Ljubljana and a professor of heritage science at University College London.

CAIRO — Ancient Egyptian mummies don’t smell the way most people ... dry desert sand. By the Old Kingdom (2700-2200 BCE), embalmers began using natron – a natural mixture of sodium carbonate ...

Displaying Egyptian mummies and other human remains ... plaques featuring sculptures of humans and animals, taken from the ancient Kingdom of Benin. The British Museum alone currently owns 900 ...

The "Mysterious Lady" mummy viewed in a mixed-reality system reveals different aspects of the inside of her body. | Credit: Ł. Kownacki An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and ...

The archaeologist behind the discovery of an Ancient Egyptian tomb believes he may have found another tomb. Piers Litherland, the archaeologist who uncovered Pharaoh Thutmose II's tomb, says he may ...

One museum visitor in Edinburgh was horrified to see stolen body parts belonging to his 19th century ancestors on display ...