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.

In a bizarre and unheard-of discovery, scientists have found a papyrus containing a passage from Homer's Iliad inside a Roman-era mummy. The nearly 1,600-year-old mummy was kept at the Egyptian site ...

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 ...

In October 2000, rumors swirled in the antiquity community about a Persian princess mummy from 600 B.C.E. for sale. Pakistan ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an extraordinary connection between death and literature inside a 1,600-year-old mummy in Egypt. Hidden inside the wrappings of a newly found mummy was a piece of Homer’s ...

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

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

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.

Through many years, the process of mummification in Ancient Egypt remained enigmatic. However, a surprising archaeological discovery showed that it is not only a sacred procedure described in ...

The Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural sciences, health sciences, applied sciences and social sciences, according to their ...