Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed a sealed packet of the epic poem resting atop a Roman-era mummy, suggesting they may have been used as a magical ward for the afterlife. Papyri were plentiful in the ...

A limestone shard with an ink inscription of Homer’s Iliad found in the Monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (image via The Met) Archaeologists excavating at ...

For the deceased of Roman-era Egypt, Greek literature may have offered a cheat code to a more comfortable afterlife. By Franz Lidz Archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered a remarkable ...