A new study shows how ancient Egyptian mummy scent contains chemical clues that uncover embalming methods used thousands of ...

Archaeologists uncover 59 sealed mummy coffins at Saqqara, Egypt, many believed to hold the remains of ancient priests. This ...

If you have ever stood close to an ancient Egyptian mummy, you may remember a distinctive, lingering odor. For a long time, ...

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

High-resolution imaging conducted at USC reveals evidence of chronic pain, dental disease and possible surgical intervention ...

It is virtually impossible to quantify the sheer number of mummies exported to Europe from the Middle Ages through the ...

X-ray scans conducted on a 2,000-year-old mummy have revealed that the ancient Egyptian lived with an aching lower back, not ...

As previously reported, Egyptian embalming is thought to have begun in the Predynastic Period or earlier, when people noticed ...

Dr Salima will explore religion and history in her lecture titled ‘From the Indus to the Nile’, Dr Eduardo will discourse on ‘The Umayyad Caliphate that was Cordoba’ and Professor Robin will shed ...

Learn how advancements in CT scanner technology is helping to unwrap the lives of ancient Egyptian mummies without even ...

Two Egyptian mummies underwent full-body computed tomography (CT) scans, which doctors today use to identify injuries and ...

Each mummy was scanned in its sarcophagus, which weighs about 200 pounds. Then 3D models of the two Egyptian priests were ...