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 ...
Called simply “Mummies” and running in the museum’s top-floor temporary exhibition spaces until May next year, the exhibition ...
The oldest evidence of mummification has been discovered in Vietnam, in the form of a single 14,000-year-old mummified arm. Unlike the Egyptian mummification practice more familiar to modern Western ...
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Scientists just discovered what’s inside a 3,000-year-old, perfectly preserved crocodile mummy
A 3,000-year-old mummified crocodile is giving us a peek into the strange and fascinating world of ancient Egyptian rituals. Thanks to X-ray and CT scan technology, researchers have been able to ...
Hunter-gatherers in parts of ancient Asia prepared their dead for burial with smoke-drying up to 14,000 years ago, resulting in the oldest known evidence of human mummification, according to a new ...
Chinese researchers have uncovered how an 800-year-old Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) mummy remained remarkably preserved ...
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Why Everything You Know About Mummies Is Wrong!
We all know the New Kingdom mummies from ancient Egypt were preserved with a certain sophistication and advanced skill that we are still mesmerized by to this day. But what none of us knew is that ...
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