Researchers discovered a papyrus sheet containing a passage from Homer's Iliad inside a Roman-era Egyptian mummy during an excavation in Al Bahnasa, south of Cairo, dating to approximately 1,600 years ago. The text from Book II of the epic poem marks the first known instance of Greek literary content found in a funerary mummification context, distinguishing it from previously discovered papyri with magical or ritualistic purposes.
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Researchers discovered a papyrus sheet containing a passage from Homer's Iliad inside a Roman-era Egyptian mummy during an excavation in Al Bahnasa, south of Cairo, dating to approximately 1,600 years ago. The text from Book II of the epic poem marks the first known instance of Greek literary content found in a funerary mummification context, distinguishing it from previously discovered papyri with magical or ritualistic purposes.