"Woody and sweet": It turns out ancient mummies smell good
Some of the mummies evaluated for their scents were 5,000 years old. Researchers studying well-preserved Egyptian mummies discovered that they smell good. The team was studying nine mummies, some 5,000 years old, that were either in storage or on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Named "Juanita," she is the best-preserved Incan mummy ever discovered. With long black hair, a graceful neck, and well-muscled arms, Juanita was found wrapped in a cocoon of fine textiles and ...
including the construction of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak. His mummy, found in 1881, is one of the best-preserved examples from ancient Egypt.
Analyzing intricate tattoos found on 1,000-year-old mummies, the team discovered puncture ... We find that the preserved skin fluoresced strongly underneath the black tattoo ink yielding a high ...
Egyptians: the masters of mummification Ancient Egyptians are perhaps the best known mummy-makers—though initially, it was their climate, not their skill, that preserved their dead. Arid desert ...
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Nodosaur Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ Unveiled With Skin And Guts Intact“It will go down in science history as one of the most beautiful and best preserved dinosaur specimens — the Mona Lisa of dinosaurs,” said Brown. Although the nodosaur dinosaur mummy was ...
The preserved skin of the mummies and the black tattoo ink used show a stark contrast — revealing fine details in tattoos dating to around 1250 A.D. that aren’t visible to the naked eye ...
In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. The preserved skin of the mummies and the black tattoo ink used show a stark ...
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