Ancient ‘smellscapes’ are wafting out of artifacts and old texts
ID’ing odor molecules and brewing Cleopatra’s perfume are part of new research on past scents
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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-smell-odor-artifacts-texts-egypt-archaeologyAncient ‘smellscapes’ are wafting out of artifacts and old texts
In studying and reviving long-ago scents, archaeologists aim to understand how people experienced, and interpreted, their worlds through smell.Bruce Bower (Science News)
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