Researchers sniffed ancient Egyptian mummies, for science. Here’s what they smell like
The research, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, involved sniffing nine mummies, some dating back ...
Researchers Sniff Ancient Egyptian Remains, Make Surprising Discovery
Barbara Huber, a postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Germany who was not involved in the ...
What do Egyptian mummies smell like? Surprisingly pleasant.
Even around 5,000 years after their embalming, Strlič and collaborators described the bodies as smelling “pleasant.” This is ...
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Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody, spicy and sweet’
Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody, spicy and sweet’, a study has found. It is the first time that the odour of ...