Scent was an important consideration in the mummification process that used oils, waxes and balms to preserve the body and its spirit for the afterlife. The practice was largely reserved for pharaohs ...

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’, finds a new study led by researchers from University College London and the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, revealing new det ...

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

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Magic was a part of everyday life for the ancient Egyptians. They believed that dark powers were everywhere and that they ...

While most of the world was in lockdown, a team of 15 researchers carefully scraped thousands of years of soot, dirt, and ...