Scents of the afterlife: Identifying embalming recipes by 'sniffing' the air around Egyptian mummies

If you have ever stood close to an ancient Egyptian mummy, you may remember a distinctive, lingering odor. For a long time, ...
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The Smell of Eternity: How Mummy Scents Are Unlocking Ancient Egyptian Secrets

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