Fragment of Homer's Iliad discovered inside Roman-era mummy during Egypt excavations

Several other mummies, three golden tongues, and a tongue made of copper were also discovered during excavations.

Archaeologists stunned to find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy

Archaeologists have found a papyrus copy of Homer’s Iliad in the gut of an ancient Egyptian mummy, the first time ever that a ...
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Egyptian mummy has part of the 'Iliad' in its abdomen, archaeologists discover

A papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at ...
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Archaeologists find circular Egypt temple with canals tied to the Nile

A team of archaeologists working at Tell el-Farama in Egypt’s North Sinai has uncovered the remains of an ancient temple ...

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 ...
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Homeric Literature and Gold Covered Mummies Discovered in Egypt

An extraordinary archaeological discovery has been made in Egypt's Minya Governorate, where a Roman-era tomb containing mummies with golden tongues has been unearthed at the historic site of ...

Lee Cronin's The Mummy

The latest reinvention of the Egyptian funerary legend slaps the embalming bandages on an abducted American girl whose return ...