Ancient Egyptians were known to have covered mummies in aromatic oils and resins to mask the smell of death and preserve the bodies for eternity. When researchers analyzed remnants of volatile ...

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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Advanced imaging revealed the first known mummified pregnant woman from ancient Egypt, with the fetus still inside her womb. Dating to the first century BCE, the discovery raises new questions about ...

Adam Sherwinski teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about mummification Ancient Egyptian mummification was a sacred and complex process designed to preserve the body for the afterlife, ...

Barbara Gips, who wrote evocative catchphrases for movie advertising campaigns -- most famously "In space no one can hear you scream" for the hit 1979 science-fiction horror film "Alien" -- died Oct.

Her best-known tagline was also her first to be published, written for “Alien”: “In space no one can hear you scream.” By Jeré Longman Barbara Gips, who wrote evocative catchphrases for movie ...

She came up with “In space no one can hear you scream” while washing dishes, and it was used on the film's poster co-designed by her husband. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Gips’ work is on countless ...

Barbara Gips, who was responsible for Alien‘s brilliant tagline—”In space, no one can hear you scream”—among dozens of other famous pieces of movie marketing copy in her career, has passed away.

Barbara Gips, who wrote some of the most iconic movie taglines of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, died on October 16, in the Bronx. You might not know the name, but you know her words. Gips, a highly ...