Scented cards are now provided to visitors during The Scent of the Afterlife tours at the Museum August Kestner in Hanover, ...

Recent advances in biomolecular archaeology have revealed that ancient objects can retain the molecular fingerprints of past ...

Knowable Magazine reports on efforts to recreate historical smells, enhancing our connection to the past and enriching ...

The Nile nourishes a green band stretching through the desert, from the heart of Africa to the Mediterranean Sea. Along its banks, the ancient Egyptians grew their crops, and still do. They also built ...

Researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana have made history with a groundbreaking study, the first to ...

Two Egyptian mummies underwent full-body computed tomography (CT) scans, which doctors today use to identify injuries and signs of disease. Needless to say, back in the mummies’ day (the Ptolemaic ...

Advances in the field have shown that ancient objects can retain the "molecular fingerprints" of past aromatic practices.

Archaeologists bring 3,500-year-old fragrances used by ancient Egyptians back to life - Advance could lead to multisensory ...

The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

The team then developed two ways to present ancient scents to the public. Alongside the artifacts that inspired this project, ...

Scents from the past are being recreated using state of the art technology to give museum visitors a whiff of Egyptian history.

What does a sarcophagus smell like? Is it dust, decay, or something far more unexpected? Smell played a central role in the funerary rites of ancient Egypt. Pleasant scents were associated with ...