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

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

Egyptian mummies have long been a subject of fascination for people from all walks of life, be it scientists, archaeologists, ...

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 ...

Unknown artist, “Mesu Smelling a Lotus” (c. 1525–1504 BCE), New Kingdom, Thebes, Egypt (image via Metropolitan Museum of Art) What did ancient mummies smell like? What types of scents, perfumes, and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LONDON (AP) — At first whiff, it sounds ...

With her mouth wide open, locked for eternity in what appears to be a scream, an ancient Egyptian woman captured the imagination of archaeologists who discovered her mummified remains in 1935 in a ...

Detroit Police are on the scene of a home on Mark Twain Street in Detroit’s west side after a drive-by shooting that left a teen hospitalized Saturday afternoon. Read full article: Intersection of ...