Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

Replica of a Guanche mummy. (photo credit: Diego Delso is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.) Visitors to the National Archaeological Museum (MAN) in Madrid will no longer be able to admire the Guanche ...

After discovering a trove of mummified crocodiles in Egypt, researchers noticed something unexpected—these reptiles had an ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in 1922.

Lawmakers and campaigners in the United Kingdom are pushing for an end to the display of human remains in museums and the ...

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič, a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Ljubljana and a professor of heritage science at University College London.

A new study led by researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana reveals that ancient Egyptian mummified bodies emit "woody," "spicy," and "sweet" scents, providing new insights into ...

One museum visitor in Edinburgh was horrified to see stolen body parts belonging to his 19th century ancestors on display ...

The Guanche mummy went on display at Madrid’s National Archaeological Museum (MAN) in 2015. It is the preserved remains of a 35-40-year-old person who it is believed lived between the 12th and ...

The archaeologist behind the discovery of an Ancient Egyptian tomb believes he may have found another tomb. Piers Litherland, ...

Despite the clear and present danger of being cancelled, I have to fess up that I‘d never heard of the all-party ...