5,000-year-old mummies were examined, and the results put an end to an urban legend.

5,000-year-old mummies were examined, and the results put an end to an urban legend.

15.02.2025 11:20

As a result of examinations conducted on nine mummies that are displayed in the Egyptian Museum and are 5,000 years old, it was determined that the mummies had 'woody', 'spicy', and 'sweet' scents. The director of the research team stated, "There is a general perception in films and books that mummies emit bad odors. However, our analyses revealed that the mummies have pleasant scents."

Researchers from University College London (UCL) in the UK and the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia have discovered that ancient Egyptian mummies 'smelled good.'

In examinations of nine 5,000-year-old mummies displayed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, scent samples were taken using small tubes and pumps. The analyses revealed that the mummies had 'woody', 'spicy', and 'sweet' scents.

5,000-year-old mummies were examined! The results ended an urban legend

"THERE WAS A GENERAL PERCEPTION THAT MUMMIES EMITTED BAD ODORS"

Cecilia Bembibre, Research Director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage and a member of the research team, stated that the findings were surprising, saying, "In films and books, there is a general perception that mummies emit bad odors. However, our analyses revealed that the mummies have pleasant scents." The results of the study were published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

5,000-year-old mummies were examined! The results ended an urban legend

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