Questions for ‘Long-lost ‘smellscapes’ are wafting from artifacts and old texts’
![painted relief of Ramses III holding a lit incense burner](https://www.snexplores.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1440_smellscapes_feat-1030x580.jpg)
Researchers are exploring the smells that permeated ancient societies. Odor molecules, old documents and other archaeological finds may reveal how the world once smelled. Here, a painted artwork shows Pharaoh Ramses III holding an incense burner. Substances ignited in incense burners produced sweet aromas.
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