Scientists want you to smell ancient Egyptian mummies

The team then developed two ways to present ancient scents to the public. Alongside the artifacts that inspired this project, ...
Ancient Origins

First Known Deliberate Mummification Found in Inca Child Sacrifice

A new bioarchaeological study has identified what researchers describe as the first known case of deliberate mummification applied to a child sacrificed during the Inca capacocha ritual. The finding ...
Yahoo

Did we get Egyptian mummification totally wrong? It might have nothing to do with preserving the body after death, experts say.

Egyptians may not have used mummification to preserve the body at all, some scientists say. They could've wanted to turn royal remains into godly statues — preservation was a perk, they said.
PBS

Mummy Who Would Be King, The

Mummies are bodies of people or animals preserved after death. The process of mummification used by ancient cultures that preserved their dead for hundreds, even thousands, of years differs from more ...
Science Daily

Mummification in Europe may be older than previously known

Mummification of the dead probably was more common in prehistory than previously known. This discovery is made at the hunter-gatherer burial sites in the Sado Valley in Portugal, dating to 8,000 years ...
New Atlas

Prehistoric mummy shows embalming took place 1,500 years before the Pharaohs

Mummification is usually associated with the age of Pharaohs, with the practice largely believed to have first arisen around 2200 BCE and hit its peak around 1000 BCE. But processes this complex don't ...
Hyperallergic

Archaeologists Reconstruct the Scents of Ancient Mummification

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 ...
Fox News

Oldest known mummification how-to guide reveals gruesome embalming details

An ancient Egyptian papyrus version of "Mummification for Dummies" has been revealed by a Danish Egyptologist as the oldest how-to guide yet found. The detailed instructions on the circa ...
Gizmodo

Ancient Egyptians Mastered Mummification Long Before the Time of Pharaohs

The earliest mummies are typically associated with the Old Kingdom of ancient Egypt, but as an intensive examination of a 5,600-year-old mummy confirms, the methods used for this iconic funeral ...
Greek Reporter

First Evidence of Deliberate Mummification Found in Inca Child Sacrifice

Archaeologists uncover the first case of deliberate mummification of an Inca child, shedding new light on ancient Andean rituals.
PBS

Mummy Who Would Be King, The

To determine the culture and method of mummification of various mummies by using descriptive clues. Mummies are bodies of people or animals preserved after death. The process of mummification used by ...