The mummy, the Iliad, and a mysterious death ritual

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed a sealed packet of the epic poem resting atop a Roman-era mummy, suggesting they may have ...

Greek Epic "The Iliad" Discovered Buried with Egyptian Mummy

An Egyptian mummy, buried 2,000 years ago together with a copy of the epic poem "The Iliad" by the ancient Greek poet Homer, ...

Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried With the ‘Iliad’

For the deceased of Roman-era Egypt, Greek literature may have offered a cheat code to a more comfortable afterlife.

Homer and the mummy: Rare copy of the Iliad poem found inside ancient Egyptian tomb

A Spanish-Egyptian team have uncovered a fragment of Homer’s Iliad inside a mummy at Oxyrhynchus, revealing how ancient texts were reused in burial practices and shedding light on the spread of Greek ...

2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy found with ancient Greek war poem: Report

The discovery was made at Oxyrhynchus, an ancient burial site in central Egypt, by a team from the University of Barcelona ...
Asian News International

PM Modi in Egypt: Egyptian poet's 'Gandhi' poem, showcased at Cairo hotel, venue of Prime Minister's stay

Cairo [Egypt], June 24 (ANI): A poem titled "Gandhi" by Egyptian poet Ahmed Shawqi on the role of Mahatma Gandhi in India's independence struggle finds centre stage at the Cairo hotel, the venue of ...
Egyptian Streets

Dream-Pop Finds Its Soul in Classical Arabic Poetry

All the beauty in you holds me, my love,” Egyptian artist BOSA, formerly known as Bosaina, sings softly and ethereally in ...
NPR

Egyptian-American Poet: Bodies Are Like Poems

As part of Tell Me More's series for National Poetry Month, host Michel Martin shares a poetic tweet from freelance writer and poet Yahia Lababidi. Listeners are invited to tweet original poems of 140 ...