In Egypt's warm sands,
Homer's words wrap a mummy—
Iliad's touch endures.
Homer's words wrap a mummy—
Iliad's touch endures.
A 1,600-year-old mummy discovered in Egypt has revealed something archaeologists had never seen before: a fragment of Homer’s Iliad used during embalming. The papyrus was identified as part of the famous "Catalogue of Ships," one of the best-known sections of the ancient epic. Researchers say…