1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Devin Gray out of the UK. Good morning Devin either 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: Andrew Pope Brownsis not well. Five days now in hospital. 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, and just been announced that every engagement right through 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 2: until the weekend, including the weekend, has been canceled. The 5 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:19,720 Speaker 2: eighty eight year old was admitted into Rome's Jamelli Hospital 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 2: on Friday to undergo treatment and tests for bronchitis. We're 7 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 2: now being told he's got a polymicrobial infection of his 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: respiratory tract and what that basically means is he's had 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 2: to now have a change in the treatment that he 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: was originally prescribed. He's described as in a stable condition. 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 2: He does not have a fever, but nevertheless, this course 12 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 2: is very worrying. He has a history of illness, particularly 13 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,240 Speaker 2: to do with his lungs, including just at the age 14 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 2: of twenty one he actually had part of one of 15 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 2: his lungs removed, having suffered from health issues for many years, 16 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: and in March of twenty twenty three he spent three 17 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 2: nights in hospital with bronchitis, and in June that year 18 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 2: underwent a three hour operation to repair an abdominal hernia. 19 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 2: So I'm afraid some bad news. Plenty of well wishers 20 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:12,200 Speaker 2: though at Saint Peter's Basilica. Plenty of weld wishes throughout 21 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 2: the Vatican. But yeah, pretty worrying days for the Pope. 22 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:20,880 Speaker 1: Very unfortunate timing because this is the Holy Year, the anniversary, 23 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,399 Speaker 1: the big old celebrations, and he's missing out and he 24 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: will be missed. And finally, your textpayer's money has been 25 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 1: spent on researchers figuring out what a mummy smells like. 26 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: And when I say mummy, I mean an Egyptian mummy. 27 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 2: Yes, fascinating this Apparently when you open up one of 28 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 2: these mummies, even five thousand years on, they actually smelled 29 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 2: quite nice, I believe it or not a pleasant smell 30 00:01:44,959 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: according to scientists, and that is due to the use 31 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 2: of resins and oils like pine cedar and juniper. So 32 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 2: this was a team from University College London looking at 33 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 2: basically collaborating and conservators and curators at the Egyptian Museum 34 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,880 Speaker 2: in I wrote they had a look at nine mummified 35 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 2: bodies and the smell has always been something that has 36 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: fascinated research because as I mentioned, it's actually not unpleasant. 37 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 2: It is not the smell of decay, and smell is 38 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 2: a very key consideration for ancient Egyptians, it would appear, 39 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 2: particularly when it came to the mummification process. Even though 40 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 2: five thousand years on, of course things have changed, but 41 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: it was said that the smells that and the oils 42 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 2: that we used are really, really rather pleasant. This seems 43 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 2: to be a bizarre thing to investigate and research, but 44 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 2: nevertheless really interesting that something all those years on can 45 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 2: actually smell quite good. 46 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: For more from earlier edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live 47 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:44,919 Speaker 1: to news Talks. 48 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 2: It'd be from five am weekdays, or follow the podcast 49 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 2: on iHeartRadio.