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 ...

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology ...

Scents from the past are being recreated using state of the art technology to give museum visitors a whiff of Egyptian ...

Scientists have developed new methods to recreate perfumes used during the ancient ­Egyptian mummification process – an advance that could lead to ­multi-sensory museum experiences in the future.