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For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead in the search for eternal life. Now, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure out how they did it.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wrapped up in the study of mummies, Egyptologists have been mystified about how pharaohs and other revered dead were embalmed so ...

This Sept. 2020 photo provided by the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities shows one of more than two dozen ancient coffins unearthed near the famed Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, south of Cairo, ...

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The discovery of an unusual set of ceramic vessels has shed new light on the mummification process in ancient Egypt, according to a new study. Around 2,500 years old, the 31 jars were discovered in an ...

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In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to analyze the composition of scents given off by mummies ...

NEW YORK — For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians mummified their dead in the search for eternal life. Now, researchers have used chemistry and an unusual collection of jars to figure out how they ...

Wrapped up in the study of mummies, Egyptologists have been mystified about how pharaohs and other revered dead were embalmed so well. Some recent research, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, ...

CNN — From the ruins of an embalming workshop, scientists have discovered the substances and concoctions ancient Egyptians used to mummify the dead. While scholars had previously learned the names of ...