''Scent Of Eternity'': Scientists Recreate What Egyptian Mummies Smelled Like
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Scientists have recreated a particular odour called the ''scent of eternity'' that was used during the mummification of a woman named Senetnay.
Researchers at Max Planck Institute have recreated one of the scents used in the mummification of an important Egyptian woman more than 3,500 years ago. According to a report in The Guardian, scientists have recreated a particular odour called the ''scent of eternity'' or ''the scent of life'' that was used during the mummification of a woman named Senetnay. She was a wet nurse, also given the title Ornament of the King, in the kingdom of Egypt.
The project was derailed in a new paper published in the journal Scientific Reports. For the process, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Germany analyzed substances from six balm samples taken from two jars that contained Senetnay's lungs and liver.
Beeswax, plant oil, fats, bitumen, Pinaceae resins, a balsamic substance, and tree resin were among the ingredients that made up the aroma more than 3,500 years ago.
