Homer’s “Iliad” Found Stuffed Into Egyptian Mummy’s Wrappings

Archaeologists had previously uncovered Greek papyri in mummies, but this discovery marks the first time a literary text has ...
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Ancient Egyptian Mummy Found Wrapped In Something Never Seen Before

(Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Facebook) Here's something archaeologists don't see every day, or indeed ever: ...
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Papyrus Fragment of Homer’s Iliad Found in 1600–Year-old Mummy is First Time Literature is Discovered in a Burial

An Egyptian mummy was found buried with a papyrus fragment of a passage from Homer’s Iliad—the first time literature was seen ...

Archaeology breakthrough as experts find something baffling next to 1,600-year-old mummy

The discovery is a major first for ancient Egyptian scientists.

First-of-Its-Kind Discovery: Homer’s Iliad Found Embedded in a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

Researchers discovered an Iliad fragment in a mummy, marking the first literary papyrus used in embalming and offering new ...
Egyptian Streets

Ancient Mummy Found with Iliad Text

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that a Spanish archaeological mission from the University of Barcelona ...
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Archaeologists Found a Copy of the Iliad Stuffed Inside an Ancient Egyptian Mummy

A joint team from the University of Barcelona and the Institute of the Ancient Near East discovered the mummy in late 2025.
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Spanish Archaeologists Discover a 1,600-Year-Old Roman-Era Mummy in Egypt with a Fragment of Homer’s Iliad Intact

A 1,600-year-old burial at Oxyrhynchus just rewrote what experts thought they knew about mummification rituals.
Smithsonian Magazine

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 ...