The artifact comes from a Predynastic cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt, specifically Grave 3932 (an adult male burial). It measures about 63 mm long and weighs roughly 1.5 grams, so small it was easy ...

A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously ...

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

The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

Today, cultural exchanges between China and Egypt have expanded into various fields, and the growing bonds between the two ...

Scientists have developed new methods to recreate perfumes used during the ancient Egyptian mummification process, an advance that could lead to multisensory museum experiences in the future. In ...

What did ancient Egypt really smell like? Not just how it looked or sounded, but how it felt to stand near a royal burial.

3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Text Sparks Fresh Debate Over Biblical Giants ...

A new study shows how ancient Egyptian mummy scent contains chemical clues that uncover embalming methods used thousands of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory at a temple site. The observatory, thought to date to the sixth century B.C., was built with mud bricks and is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The temple is part of the ancient Memphis archaeological site dating back over 5,100 years, at a site that was then the capital of ...

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