Scientists have unwrapped long-sought details of embalming practices that ancient Egyptians used to preserve dead bodies. Clues came from analyses of chemical residue inside vessels from the only ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wrapped up in the study of mummies, Egyptologists have been mystified about how pharaohs and other revered dead were embalmed so ...

A deposit of hundreds of embalming tools uncovered in Abusir, Egypt — probably the largest ever found — offers clues into a lavish funeral that likely took place about 2,600 years ago. The deposit of ...

For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead in the search for eternal life. Now, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure out how they did it.

If you have ever stood close to an ancient Egyptian mummy, you may remember a distinctive, lingering odor. For a long time, it was assumed that this was simply due to age and decay. However, ...

Through many years, the process of mummification in Ancient Egypt remained enigmatic. However, a surprising archaeological discovery showed that it is not only a sacred procedure described in ...

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In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to analyze the composition of scents given off by mummies ...

Wrapped up in the study of mummies, Egyptologists have been mystified about how pharaohs and other revered dead were embalmed so well. Some recent research, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, ...