Scent was an important consideration in the mummification process that used oils, waxes and balms to preserve the body and ...

According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, musty crypts and the decayed remains of ...

Welcome to ‘sensory heritage’, the study of how we engage with objects from the past besides what they look like.

Some of the mummies evaluated for their scents were 5,000 years old. Researchers studying well-preserved Egyptian mummies ...