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” ...

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 Unearth a Papyrus Fragment From the ‘Iliad’ Tucked Inside the Wrappings of a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

The excerpt from Homer's epic poem features his catalog of ships, a famous passage listing the Greek forces that sailed to ...

Tickets available for JRT’s ‘The Prince of Egypt’

An epic musical is coming to the stage. The Jonesborough Repertory Theatre’s (JRT) production of ‘The Prince of Egypt’ will ...

Homer and the mummy: Rare copy of the Iliad poem found inside ancient Egyptian tomb

Egyptian team have uncovered a fragment of Homer’s Iliad inside a mummy at Oxyrhynchus, revealing how ancient texts were ...
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Ancient Egyptian mummy found with Homeric text in unique burial find

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 1,600-year-old mummy with a fragment of Homer’s “Iliad” affixed to its abdomen, marking the first known use of a literary text in such a burial. Found in ...

Egypt's Grand Museum opens after many delays

We visit the new Grand Egyptian Museum, a spacious museum outside Cairo dedicated to displaying artifacts from ancient Egypt. It has finally opened its doors after decades of planning and construction ...

Archaeologists Discovered a Treasure Trove of Ancient Egyptian ‘Sticky Notes’

Archaeologists discovered the largest trove of ostraca—inscriptions on broken pottery sherds—ever found, with over 43,000 ...