Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana, revealing new details about mummification ...

Under embargo until Friday 14 February 2025, 00:01 UK time / 19:01 Thursday 13 February US Eastern time Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’, finds a ...

"In films and books, terrible things happen to those who smell mummified bodies," said Cecilia Bembibre, director of research at University College London's Institute for Sustainable Heritage.

I was asked by the University of Ljubljana, in association with the University of Krakow and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, to help with a study of mummified bodies. Ljubljana was studying a ...

“In films and books, terrible things happen to those who smell mummified bodies,” said Cecilia Bembibre, director of research at University College London’s Institute for Sustainable Heritage.

Police discovered the mummified remains of 69-year-old Tomislav Nemes at the family's waterfront Gold Coast home after they were called by interstate relatives to conduct a welfare check in April ...

Active sampling with sorbent tubes of the air surrounding a mummified body from the New Kingdom at the exhibition area of the Egyptian museum in Cairo. Credit: Emma Paolin “Mummification was an ...

“In films and books, terrible things happen to those who smell mummified bodies,” said Cecilia Bembibre, director of research at University College London’s Institute for Sustainable Heritage.

Tomislav Nemes, 69, was discovered dead in his waterfront Benowa home in 2023, with police at the time believing his body, described initially as having a “mummified look to it”, had been kept ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — An Overland Park, Kansas, couple will see prison time after pleading guilty to fraud and theft in a scheme reported after a mummified body was found in their home.