A 1,600-year-old mummy discovered in Egypt has revealed something archaeologists had never seen before: a fragment of Homer’s ...

Under scrutiny, the purportedly 2,500-year-old body raised a lot of eyebrows and even more questions.

Archaeologists found a papyrus containing a passage from Homer's Iliad on the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. While such pieces ...

A coincidental archaeological discovery has surfaced just as Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey reaches theatres. The finding is raising questions about how one of history's greatest literary works was ...

Archaeologists working at the ancient site of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have found something never seen before in a tomb. A 1,600 year old mummy was discovered wrapped with papyrus fragments that contain ...

A rare discovery reveals that a fragment of Homer's Iliad was placed on a 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy during burial, puzzling archaeologists.

A remarkable discovery at Saqqara has unveiled an ancient Egyptian embalming workshop, revealing mummification as a sophisticated blend of art and chemistry. Analysis of vessels uncovered complex ...

How did Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's body remain intact for 125 days? Here's how modern embalming, cryogenic storage and preservation techniques reportedly made it possible.

Archaeologists from the University of Barcelona have identified a papyrus fragment from Homer’s Iliad placed directly on the ...

Egypt’s antiquities authorities have identified two adjacent mummification workshops at Saqqara, the largest such facilities ever recorded at the site, one built to prepare human remains and the other ...

Expect 'tomb' much fun as the award-winning children’s history show confirms a new spot at London's Battersea Power Station ...

This lake in northern Tanzania is one of the world's most unusual lakes. Its blood-red waters can preserve dead animals, giving them a statue-like appearance ...