The project ODOTHEKA, specifically following the publication of the scientific paper "Ancient Egyptian Mummified Bodies: Cross-Disciplinary Analysis of Their Smell" received extensive media coverage. TV 1. Renata Dacinger: “Smell Conservation“, programme Ugriznimo znanost, TV Slovenia, 17 Apr 2025 2. “‘Spicy’, ‘sweet’, ‘woody’: Why researchers are sniffing ancient Egyptian mummies“, ITV News, 14 Feb 2025 3. Associated Press: [...]

We are announcing the upcoming Expert Meeting 2: The Degradation of Weighted Silk Objects in Heritage Collections, which will take place on March 24–25, 2025, at the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum in Ljubljana. This event is part of the SAFESILK research project, a WEAVE initiative funded by FWO and ARIS, and is jointly organized by the [...]

Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’, finds a new study led by researchers from the University of Ljubljana, revealing new details about mumification practices. The research, published in Journal of the American Chemical Society, is the first time that the smells of mummified bodies have been systematically studied combining a mix of [...]