Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Abu Zaid: I believe that the Iranian operation was multi-layered, combining cyber and electronic attacks with coordinated on-the-ground infiltrations by agents
Abu Zaid: Usually, archives of such sensitivity are typically protected by a full-scale security system, but it appears that Iranian intelligence managed to make use of a gap in it
Strategic military expert Nidal Abu Zaid: Iran has stripped "Israel" of the superiority and deterrence long boasted by its security minister, chief of staff, and other top officials
Fallahpour: Iran may use these documents in its battle with the United States and Western countries over its nuclear program
Fallahpour: Iran may have obtained additional documents related to "Israel's" regional projects, not just its nuclear program
Fallahpour: The coming weeks will be full of surprises, as Iran has forced Israeli intelligence agencies into a state of psychological exhaustion
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Tehran, Siavash Fallahpour: Iran has redefined the concept of deterrence, shifting it away from traditional military balance toward a new strategic framework
Sources to Al Mayadeen: Number of documents so great that merely studying them, along with accompanying images and footage will require a great deal of time.
Sources to Al Mayadeen: Large data trove was confirmed to have arrived to "safe sites".
Sources to Al Mayadeen: Operation had taken place in past, but large size of documents and need to transfer entire batch inside Iran necessitated secrecy.

Researchers recreate balms used on ancient Egyptian mummy

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: The Guardian
  • 1 Sep 2023 14:20
  • 1 Shares
3 Min Read

Scientists name the perfume of the balm as "the scent of eternity."

  • x
  • Arts
    A canopic jar from the embalming of the noblewoman Senetnay (Museum August Kestner)

After experts discovered and replicated the aroma of balms used in the mummification of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman, museum visitors will be taken back more than 3,500 years, The Guardian reported.

Researchers analyzing the remains of balms used in the mummification of a noblewoman named Senetnay have not only discovered that many of their constituents came from outside Egypt, but they have also recreated their aroma.

"Senetnay’s mummification balm stands out as one of the most intricate and complex balms from that era," indicated Barbara Huber, the first author of the research from the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, as quoted by The Guardian.

According to the researchers, Senetnay lived about 1450 BC and worked as a wet nurse for Pharaoh Amenhotep II.

Howard Carter, the British archeologist who would later become famous for his part in unearthing Tutankhamun's tomb, uncovered Senetnay's canopic jars - vessels in which the deceased's mummified organs were housed - in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1900.

Related News

Ancient village in Amazon possibly based on Pleiades star cluster

Homo naledi buried their dead in caves 100,000 years before humans

Huber and colleagues examined six samples of mummification balm remnants from within two jars that formerly housed Senetnay's lungs and liver, as indicated by Egyptian inscriptions.

The scientists discovered that the balms had a complex mixture of components, including fats and oils, beeswax, bitumen, resins from pine trees, coumarin, which has a vanilla-like aroma, and benzoic acid, which can be found in many plant sources, such as cinnamon and cloves. They noted that many of the ingredients would have had to be imported into Egypt.

However, not all of the components were present in both jars, suggesting that the balms were organ-specific, while the authors suggested that it was also possible that they were the same but were poorly blended or had deteriorated.

Huber went on to say that the team had reproduced the aroma of the balms with the help of a perfumer and that it will be featured in an exhibition at the Moesgaard Museum in Denmark this autumn.

The perfume of the balm has been dubbed "the scent of eternity."

On his part, William Tullett, a sensory history expert at the University of York who was not involved in the research, pointed out that recreating odors from history was critical to understanding the link between the past and the present, as cited The Guardian.

Read more: Ancient village in Amazon possibly based on Pleiades star cluster

  • ancient civilization
  • Ancient Egypt
  • Egypt
  • Mummies

Most Read

Lebanon's PM Nawaf Salam meets with US envoy Morgan Ortagus in Beirut on April 5, 2025 (Dalati Nohra via AP)AP)

Morgan Ortagus to exit US role in Lebanon amid policy shift

  • Politics
  • 1 Jun 2025
A Palestinian woman mourns as she embraces the body of her daughter Mayar Abu Odeh, 8, who was killed in an Israeli army strike on Gaza. at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP)

French port workers block arms shipment to 'Israel' amid Gaza genocide

  • Politics
  • 4 Jun 2025
New Syrian group claims Golan strike, vows resistance to 'Israel'

New Syrian group claims Golan strike, vows resistance to 'Israel'

  • Politics
  • 4 Jun 2025
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP)

Boston Consulting Group withdraws from GHF

  • Palestine
  • 3 Jun 2025

Coverage

All
War on Gaza

Read Next

All
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/pentagon-chief--nato-likely-to-back-trump-s-5--defence-spend
Politics

Europe spent $3 trillion on defense, but got little in return - FT

Power, parties, and scandal: Trump’s ties to Epstein: Telegraph
Europe

Power, parties, and scandal: Trump’s ties to Epstein - The Telegraph

Eilat port as seen from the sea, occupied Palestine, March 12 2009 (wikimedia commons)
Politics

YAF operations forced 80% plunge in Eilat port revenues in 2024

EU backs International Criminal Court after US sanctions judges
Europe

EU backs International Criminal Court after US sanctions judges

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS