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Roman-era tomb
Coverage of Roman-era tomb in the Nexus archive.
- Archaeologists stunned after finding Homer’s ‘Iliad’ on Egyptian mummy in unprecedented discovery
Archaeologists discovered a fragment of Homer's 'Iliad' on an Egyptian mummy during excavations of a Roman-era tomb. This unprecedented finding provides rare physical evidence of the ancient Greek epic poem in Egypt. The discovery was made by researchers from an academic institution conducting archaeological work in an Egyptian town.