ST. LOUIS — The Saint Louis Art Museum will keep a 3,200-year-old mummy mask unless it gets more proof that it belongs to Egypt. The museum won't meet a Monday deadline set by Egyptian antiquities ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: KriveArt/Getty Images The ancient Egyptians were not the first culture to mummify their ...

Scientists have made a rare discovery inside a rare discovery. Researchers with the Warsaw Mummy Project have been studying ancient Egyptian remains since 2015 and recently used cutting-edge computer ...

CAIRO — Ancient Egyptian mummies don’t smell the way most people might expect. Instead of the musty odor often associated with old tombs and artifacts, many mummies give off surprisingly pleasant ...

Uncovering mummies is a sure way to prompt Ancient Egyptian curses that might be true, which explains why the Bashiri mummy has remained undisturbed for more than two millennia. This mysterious ...

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 ...

In this undated photo provided by Abdelrazek Elnaggar, Emma Paolin, PhD researcher at University of Ljubljana, background and Dr. Cecilia Bembibre, lecturer at the University College London take swab ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Most people know what an ancient Egyptian mummy looks like, but they ...

A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other odors Sarah Everts - Author, The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of ...

A research team from the University of Ljubljana and the Egyptian Museum of Cairo is a winner of the 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair for reproducing the smell of mummies, offering a new window into Ancient ...

The mummy of a first-century-B.C. individual found in Egypt was not pregnant and did not have cancer, according to a new CT study. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...