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Archaeologists Found a Copy of the Iliad Stuffed Inside an Ancient Egyptian Mummy

Many centuries later, Roman-era embalmers in the Egyptian desert took those same verses and tucked them inside the gut of a ...
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Iliad excerpt found inside ancient Egyptian mummy

The idea that a good book stays with you has taken on a whole new meaning in Egypt. Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era ...
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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 ...

CT scans reveal age, authenticity of child mummy housed in Polish museum for over a century

We are still working on the mummy," said Professor Agata Kubala in a statement, as an "X-ray revealed the presence of an ...
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NOAA finally cracks deep-sea orb mystery

That shiny "alien egg" pulled from the seafloor in 2023? Turns out it's the leftovers of a very big anemone. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists say they have finally pinned ...