Discover the Aromas of Ancient Egyptian Mummies, From Orange Peels to Pine to Incense
Few visitors wandering through the mummy galleries at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo have the opportunity—or perhaps the inclination—to smell the aromas wafting off the gilded sarcophagi and elaborately wrapped bodies of ancient Egyptian elites on display in glass cases.
Ancient Egyptian Mummies Smell Spicy and Sweet Instead of Musty or Moldy
Learn how unpacking olfactory elements helps researchers understand mummy preservation techniques, and how you could one day smell a mummy yourself.
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 discovered. Researchers who examined nine mummies found that though there was some difference in the intensity of their odours,
The scent of a mummy: Research discovers ancient Egyptian remains smell nice
At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually smell pretty good.
Researchers discover what ancient mummies smell like
Ancient Egyptian mummies smell "woody," "spicy" and "sweet", according to researchers who took part in a unique new study.
New research reveals what Ancient Egyptian mummies smell like
The study is the first time that the smells of mummified bodies have been systematically analyzed. The post New research reveals what Ancient Egyptian mummies smell like appeared first on Talker.
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Animals Everlasting
Ancient Egyptians who could afford it prepared ... Priests became salesmen, offering simply wrapped mummies as well as more elaborate ones for people who could spend more—or thought they should.
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Mummies 101
Egyptians: the masters of mummification ... high salt content of the region had helped to prevent decay. The mummies were wrapped in cloth, seaweed, leaves, grass matting and furs.
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BBC Horizon: Egypt's dark secret
University of Manchester team helps to uncover the story behind 70 million animal mummies A team from ... 11 May), looks at the Egyptian practice of mummifying animals and reveals that up to 70 ...