The scent of a mummy: Research discovers ancient Egyptian remains smell nice
Scent was an important consideration in the mummification process that used oils, waxes and balms to preserve the body and ...
Selling human skulls just ‘small part’ of Toronto museum’s identity
Egyptian artifacts, dinosaur fossils and taxidermy mounts headline eccentric items at the SkullStore Oddity Shop and ...
'Woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet': Smell of ancient Egyptian mummified bodies reveals new insights into embalming practices
Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell 'woody,' 'spicy' and 'sweet', finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the ...
Commentary: Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it’s human rights
Since the passing of the National Museum of the American Indian Act in 1989 and the Native American Graves Protection and ...
This River Is Filled With Human Bones but No One Knows Exactly Why
These bloody words were written by 19th-Century antiquarian H.S. Cuming in On the discovery of Celtic crania in the vicinity ...
New radiocarbon dates establish 6,000-year time span for human remains pulled from River Thames
Chronology efforts led by researchers at Natural History Museum, London, and Historic England have produced 30 new dates for ...
Museum to return more human remains to Hawaii
But following a review of NMNI's collection, the additional human remains have been found. The OHA was notified of the find ...
Repatriation to Indigenous groups is more than law, it's human rights. An archaeologist describes that lesson
As an archaeologist, you picture yourself traveling to some remote location, digging into the ground, and returning to a lab ...
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She got a tip about four human brains stored at the Smithsonian. The investigation revealed so much more.
The investigation was a global endeavor that led to a Post series exposing the Smithsonian's “racial brain collection.” ...