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The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing tiny traces of chemicals in the air around mummy samples, researchers ...

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The California Science Center reached out to the radiologists to complete the scans of two mummies for its new exhibit. (Ricardo Carrasco III) Summer Decker and Jonathan Ford, professors at the Keck ...

He turned “cat burglar” into a job description. A 52‑year‑old man has been charged after an Egyptian cat sculpture and “priceless” artifacts were stolen from an Australian history museum, Queensland ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sarcophagi of the exhibition “Mummies of Egypt. Rediscovering Six Lives” in Spain on May 4, 2023. A new paper published today in ...

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USC radiologists unraveled some of ancient history’s mysteries recently when they conducted full-body CT scans of two Egyptian mummies whose bodies have been preserved for more than 2,200 years. Keck ...