15 Roadside Attractions You Will Want to Stop for Immediately

Visitors to his unique roadside stop can climb the 114 stairs to the top of the lighthouse, enjoy panoramic views, learn more ...
ZME Science

Archaeologists Found a Copy of the Iliad Stuffed Inside an Ancient Egyptian Mummy

Many centuries later, Roman-era embalmers in the Egyptian desert took those same verses and tucked them inside the gut of a ...
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 the catalog of ships, a famous passage listing the Greek forces that sailed to ...

CT scans reveal age, authenticity of child mummy housed in Polish museum for over a century - study

We are still working on the mummy," said Professor Agata Kubala in a statement, as an "X-ray revealed the presence of an ...
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15 Bucket-List Roadside Attractions Across the U.S. Worth the Stop

From coast to coast, there are endless roadside attractions that are worth pulling over for. Whether you're interested in the ...
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First-ever Iliad papyrus found inside Egyptian mummy

Archaeologists at Egypt’s ancient Oxyrhynchus site have discovered a 1,600-year-old Roman-era mummy containing a papyrus fragment from Homer’s Iliad, marking the first known instance of a Greek ...
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Papyrus of Homer’s Iliad found in ancient Egyptian mummy

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Roman-era mummy containing a papyrus fragment from Homer’s Iliad, marking the first time a Greek literary text has been found in a mummification ...