CAIRO — Ancient Egyptian mummies don’t smell the way most people might expect. Instead of the musty odor often associated with old tombs and artifacts, many mummies give off surprisingly pleasant ...

EGYPT -- Egyptian scientists have digitally unwrapped the mummified remains of the pharaoh Amenhotep I, revealing tantalizing details about the life and death of the Egyptian king for the first time ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: KriveArt/Getty Images The ancient Egyptians were not the first culture to mummify their ...

Most people probably aren’t itching to take a whiff of the mummified remains of the long dead. But doing so can unlock new pieces of the past, according to a new study. “Many people have sniffed ...

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...

LONDON — At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies ...

Research has unveiled the genetic composition of an ancient Egyptian who lived around 4,500 years ago, revealing he had both North African and Iraqi ancestry in his DNA. The ongoing National Egyptian ...