A Roman-era burial site in Egypt has produced a surprising archaeological find. A fragment of Homer’s Iliad was discovered ...

In a discovery t hat’s capturing global attention, researchers studying a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy have uncovered a ...

Egyptian team have uncovered a fragment of Homer’s Iliad inside a mummy at Oxyrhynchus, revealing how ancient texts were ...

The historical text found inside the mummy was The Iliad, one of the most important works in Western literature.

Rock-cut tombs newly opened in southern Egypt have yielded about 160 inscribed pottery vessels and a scatter of mirrors and ornaments.

An extraordinary archaeological discovery has been made in Egypt's Minya Governorate, where a Roman-era tomb containing mummies with golden tongues has been unearthed at the historic site of ...

(CNN) — Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex. The tombs of three prominent statesmen from the New Kingdom era (1539 to 1077 BCE) have ...

Penn Museum unveiled an exhibition featuring century-old paintings of an ancient Egyptian burial ground last month. The display, which opened to the public on Feb. 28, includes artifacts and ...

Archaeologists found a rare Iliad papyrus inside a Roman-era mummy in Egypt, highlighting the spread of Greek culture.

The Eye of Horus, shown as a stylised eye pointing forward, is a well-known symbol in Egyptian culture. They were often displayed on wedjat amulets, which were protective tokens inserted into mummy ...

Talk about buried tea. Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a stash of 3,000-year-old papyrus scrolls — and whatever’s ...

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