Beyond the bone: The rare 'dinosaur mummy' uncovered in Alberta

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

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 ...
ScienceAlert on MSN

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: ...

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 ...
The Debrief

Archaeologists Just Discovered a Fragment of Homer’s Iliad Inside an Ancient Egyptian Mummy

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

7,000-Year-Old DNA Rewrites the Story of the “Neolithic Revolution”

New genetic and archaeological evidence is reshaping the long-standing narrative of the Neolithic Revolution in North Africa.

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 been found incorporated into the mummification process.
The Daily Northwestern

Reel Thoughts: Lee Cronin’s ‘The Mummy’ is a narrative snoozefest, missing the original’s charm

This review contains spoilers. You’d have to be living under a rock not to notice that the Hollywood remake machine is working overtime. After last year’s box-office disappointment remakes “I Know ...

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

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 ...
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 Troy. It may be the first Greek literary text found in the context of mummifi ...

Archaeologists stunned to find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy

Archaeologists have found a papyrus copy of Homer’s Iliad in the gut of an ancient Egyptian mummy, the first time ever that a ...
Queen Mary University of London

Mummification documentary with Queen Mary forensic pathologist wins award

Mummifying Alan: Egypt’s Last Secret beat David Attenborough’s Frozen Planet and Professor Brian Cox’s Stargazing Live at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards for 2011, winning the Science ...