Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana, revealing new details about mummification practices ...

A mummy, known as the “Untouchable,” was discovered nearly a century ago in the Valley of the Kings region of the ancient city of Luxor. Renowned Egyptologist Howard Carter made the discovery in 1919, ...

Ancient Egyptian mummies were an important aspect of archaeology and defined the field in many ways. The excitement of a dinosaur fossil was parallel to the intriguing revelation of a wrapped mummy.

Image shows Dr Wanyue Zhao, Research Associate in Organic Geochemistry, in her University of Bristol lab featuring the highly specialised spectrometry machine used to analyse the volatile chemical ...