What did ancient Egyptians like to smell? Did they use any narcotics in their day to day lives? And what do mummified bodies smell like? Today, I'm pleased to welcome Dora Goldsmith to the podcast.

Dora Goldsmith is a PhD-candidate at the Freie Universitat in Berlin, Germany. Specialising in ancient smellscapes, Dora explores how the ancient Egyptians perceived and described the scent of their world. Along the way, Dora introduces us to the favoured perfumes and flowers used by the ancients, some of their “recreational” substances, and how mummified bodies smell today.

Publications by Dora Goldsmith at Academia.edu https://fu-berlin.academia.edu/DoraGoldsmith

For perfumes and newsletter, email Dora Goldsmith directly at doragold@zedat.fu-berlin.de. Learn more about her reconstructions in the Ancient Egyptian Scent Kit.

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Scent of a Mummy: Smells and Pleasure in ancient Egypt, with Dora Goldsmith