The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

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Recent advances in medical imaging are providing new insights into the daily lives of ancient Egyptians. Radiologists at Keck ...

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Archaeologists uncover a royal tomb in Egypt, but the identity of its long-lost pharaoh remains a mystery, offering clues ...

Mehen was an ancient Egyptian board game associated with religious symbolism and the snake god Mehen. Archaeological evidence ...

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Scented cards are now provided to visitors during The Scent of the Afterlife tours at the Museum August Kestner in Hanover, ...

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

The team then developed two ways to present ancient scents to the public. Alongside the artifacts that inspired this project, ...

Recent advances in biomolecular archaeology have revealed that ancient objects can retain the molecular fingerprints of past ...