The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The history of embalming in America is deeply rooted in both necessity and cultural ...

HISTORY OF EMBALMING AND OF PREPARATIONS IN ANATOMY PATHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF A NEW PROCESS FOR EMBALMING BY JN GANNAL TR FROM THE FRENCH WITH NOTES AND ADDITIONS BY R ...

If you have ever stood close to an ancient Egyptian mummy, you may remember a distinctive, lingering odor. For a long time, ...

The ancient Egyptians were prolific record keepers. For thousands of years, they jotted down everything from legal documents to literature on papyrus rolls and tablets of wood and stone. But there’s ...

Embalming, once thought to be exclusive to ancient Egypt or South America, has now been identified in Europe. Recent study of the crypts found at Château des Milandes in Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, ...

For centuries, the secrets of mummification have captured scientists and historians. Now, after years of mystery, the "unusually" well-preserved mummy of an 18th-century priest has finally been ...

As the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis at the age of 88, the Vatican has begun the solemn process of laying the pontiff to rest — a process steeped in centuries-old Catholic tradition and ...