A limestone shard with an ink inscription of Homer’s Iliad found in the Monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes, now housed at the ...
Lost waterway found: Satellite radar data revealed the Ahramat Branch, a major Nile tributary that once ran past dozens of pyramid sites. Potential transport route: Its size and proximity suggest it ...
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Researchers discovered an Iliad fragment in a mummy, marking the first literary papyrus used in embalming and offering new ...
In a historic first, archeologists excavating an ancient Egyptian tomb have found a fragment of Homer's poem The Iliad ...
Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 1,600-year-old mummy. Tucked within its abdomen was a well-known book -- a ...
Work out the math on that timeline, and you come to an unexpected conclusion: that Cleopatra lived closer to us today than ...
Archaeologists had previously uncovered Greek papyri in mummies, but this discovery marks the first time a literary text has been found incorporated into the mummification process.
The excerpt from Homer's epic poem features his catalog of ships, a famous passage listing the Greek forces that sailed to Troy. It may be the first Greek literary text found in the context of mummifi ...
The assembly of the 42-meter-long vessel is expected to take around four years, according to Issa Zeidan, head of restoration at the Grand Egyptian Museum. It contains 1,650 wooden pieces. CAIRO (AP) ...