Dr Cecilia Bembibre, co-author and lecturer at UCL’s Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources, joins us to explain how they extracted and analysed the ancient aromas.
Rachelle Abbott joins The London Standard's City Hall and Transport Editor Ross Lydall, to break down all you need to know.
Researchers from University College London and University of Ljubljana have uncovered the smells of nine mummified bodies.
In part two, we explore the scents of ancient Egypt.
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