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 ...

STORY: You might think that a mummified corpse would have a fairly unpleasant stink.But according to scientists researching what ancient Egyptian mummies smell like, you'd be wrong.They emit woody ...

"Mummies of the World: The Exhibition" is running at Corner Gallery in Playhouse Square from Sept. 23 to Jan. 28, 2024.

Egyptian mummies, that have been entombed for hundreds, and even thousands of years, still smell 'fresh', scientists examining the ancient mummified remains of Egyptian royals, have discovered.

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.

A grand parade conveyed 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in special capsules across the capital Cairo on Saturday to a new museum home where they can be displayed in greater splendour.

Most people know what an ancient Egyptian mummy looks like, but they probably can’t tell you about how they smell. You don’t have to wait to get up-close-and-personal to one in a museum to ...

Archaeologists have unearthed several ancient tombs with dozens of mummies—including some with golden tongues. Researchers made the findings during excavations at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus ...

Ancient Egyptian mummies reveal what diseases afflicted people in the great civilization, as well as the protective role the Nile could play ...