Homer’s “Iliad” Found Stuffed Into Egyptian Mummy’s Wrappings

Archaeologists had previously uncovered Greek papyri in mummies, but this discovery marks the first time a literary text has ...
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Archaeologists Just Unearthed An Ancient Egyptian Mummy With A Papyrus Of ‘The Iliad’ Tucked Inside Its Wrapping

Archaeologists uncovered a 1,600-year-old mummy at Egypt's Al-Bahnasa necropolis with a papyrus containing text from Homer's ...
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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 ...
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First-ever Iliad papyrus found inside Egyptian mummy

Archaeologists at Egypt’s ancient Oxyrhynchus site have discovered a 1,600-year-old Roman-era mummy containing a papyrus ...