First-of-Its-Kind Discovery: Homer’s Iliad Found Embedded in a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

Researchers discovered an Iliad fragment in a mummy, marking the first literary papyrus used in embalming and offering new ...

Egyptian mummy unearthed with literary text on abdomen in first ever find

Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” ...
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This week in science: A milestone birthday, a literary mummy, and much more!

(Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Facebook) This week in science: legendary natural historian David Attenborough ...

Archaeology breakthrough as experts find something baffling next to 1,600-year-old mummy

The discovery is a major first for ancient Egyptian scientists.
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Ancient Egyptian Mummy Found Wrapped In Something Never Seen Before

(Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Facebook) Here's something archaeologists don't see every day, or indeed ever: ...

Mummy discovered with gold tongues, hidden literary text -- first of its kind

A rare discovery in the sands of Egypt is offering a startling new glimpse into ancient burial rites: archaeologists have ...
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Papyrus Fragment of Homer’s Iliad Found in 1600–Year-old Mummy is First Time Literature is Discovered in a Burial

An Egyptian mummy was found buried with a papyrus fragment of a passage from Homer’s Iliad—the first time literature was seen ...
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In Egypt, archaeologists have just discovered an excerpt from Homer’s Iliad hidden inside a 1,600-year-old mummy

How did a papyrus of Homer’s Iliad end up inside a mummy? That is the question a team of archaeologists in Egypt is now ...