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Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried With the ‘Iliad’
An Egyptian Was Buried With Homer. Two Thousand Years Later, We're Still Reading the Same Book.
What Happened
Archaeologists have discovered an Egyptian mummy buried with a copy of Homer's Iliad. The text, written in Greek, was found alongside the mummified remains, suggesting the deceased — likely from the Greco-Roman period of Egypt — valued the epic poem enough to carry it into the afterlife.
What's In Your Control
Whether you take five minutes today to read a passage of the Iliad. It has survived 2,700 years. It will survive your busy schedule.
