A unique opportunity to test ancient Egyptian perfumes is underway in an exhibition at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. Perfumes had a profound significance in ancient Egyptian ...

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square, Cairo, is reviving the history of perfume in ancient Egyptian civilization through a temporary exhibition titled "Perfumes of Ancient Egypt Through the Ages ...

The Egyptians were among the first to use cosmetics and perfumes. As early as 10,000 BCE, both men and women used scented oils and ointments to clean and soften the skin (and to mask body odor), and ...

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

IN this volume the author has published with a change of title a second edition of his “Ancient Egyptian Materials ... cosmetics, perfumes and mother-of-pearl. Many additions have been ...

DELOS, GREECE—Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome ... but were even doused in perfume and fragrant substances to create a rich sensory ...