Homer's Iliad Fragment Found Inside Ancient Egyptian Mummy
Archaeologists have made a stunning discovery in Egypt, finding a papyrus fragment containing a copy of Homer's Iliad inside a 1,600-year-old mummy. The ancient text was reportedly concealed within the mummy's stomach or sarcophagus.
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Archaeologists stunned to find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy
Papyrus fragment discovered inside mummy buried in Roman-era tomb around 1,600 years ago
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Read full article →The stomach of an Egyptian mummy concealed a copy of the Iliad – Archaeologists were stunned (photos)
The mummy had been buried during the Roman period in Oxyrhynchus about 1,600 years ago. It is the first time a Greek literary text has been found embedded in a mummy’s body as part of the embalming process The post The stomach of an Egyptian mummy concealed a copy of the Iliad – Archaeologists were stunned (photos) appeared first on ProtoThema English.
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