Archaeologists found Homer's Iliad inside a 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy

ScienceDaily
Jul 15, 2026, 8:21 am73 pts
A 1,600-year-old mummy discovered in Egypt has revealed something archaeologists had never seen before: a fragment of Homer’s Iliad used during embalming. The papyrus was identified as part of the famous "Catalogue of Ships," one of the best-known sections of the ancient epic. Researchers say it is the first…

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