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

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

Found in Egypt, the papyrus confirms that Homer was everywhere in the ancient Mediterranean.

A remarkable discovery in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park has unearthed a near-complete juvenile hadrosaur, complete with ...

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

Here's something archaeologists don't see every day, or indeed ever: An ancient Egyptian mummy with an excerpt from the ...

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

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that a Spanish archaeological mission from the University of Barcelona ...

In a historic first, archeologists excavating an ancient Egyptian tomb have found a fragment of Homer's poem The Iliad ...

Archaeologists had previously uncovered Greek papyri in mummies, but this discovery marks the first time a literary text has been found incorporated into the mummification process.

The papyrus was discovered in a mummy dating back around 1,600 years, unearthed from a tomb in Oxyrhynchus. The site, once a thriving hub of Greco-Roman culture, lies in modern-da ...

The excerpt from Homer's epic poem features his catalog of ships, a famous passage listing the Greek forces that sailed to Troy. It may be the first Greek literary text found in the context of mummifi ...