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

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

Scans of 2,000-year-old mummy show ancient Egyptian lived with back pain - Analysis revealed facial features, including ...

In Nes-Min’s case, CT scanning revealed a collapsed lumbar vertebra - an injury pattern that suggests age-related wear and tear and likely long-term discomfort. According to Summer Decker, head of 3D ...

What did ancient Egypt really smell like? Not just how it looked or sounded, but how it felt to stand near a royal burial.

As previously reported, Egyptian embalming is thought to have begun in the Predynastic Period or earlier, when people noticed that the arid desert heat tended to dry and preserve bodies buried in the ...

Two renowned prehistoric individuals were likely infected with a human papillomavirus that has been linked to several cancers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

She was Ramses the Great's favorite wife, celebrated for her beauty and intellect. But what did Nefertari truly look like? Without a complete mummy, experts are piecing together clues from her ...

The past has a remarkable habit of refusing to stay in the shadows. Every year, surprise findings and archaeological ...

I really enjoyed Maha Khan Phillips’ earlier novel, The Curse of Mohenjodaro. With that book, the author demonstrated that, in spite of being an amateur when it comes to historical scholarship, she ...

A new bioarchaeological study has identified what researchers describe as the first known case of deliberate mummification applied to a child sacrificed during the Inca capacocha ritual. The finding ...