David Malouf, Australian writer whose work spanned the ancient world and ‘70s Brisbane

Remembering Babylon was shortlisted for the Booker prize but none of his novels were made into films because, he said, ‘almost nothing happens’ ...
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First Homer’s Iliad papyrus found inside Egyptian mummy

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 1,600-year-old Roman-era mummy containing a papyrus fragment from Homer’s Iliad, ...
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Roman-era mummy found with Homer's Iliad in abdomen

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a Roman-era mummy containing a papyrus of Homer's Iliad inside its abdomen, marking the first known instance of a Greek literary text deliberately used in ...
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The stomach of an Egyptian mummy concealed a copy of the Iliad – Archaeologists were stunned (photos)

The mummy had been buried during the Roman period in Oxyrhynchus about 1,600 years ago. It is the first time a Greek literary ...

Archaeologists Found a Piece of Homer’s Iliad on a Scrap of Papyrus—Inside the Chest of a Mummy

Archaeologists excavating at Egypt’s Al-Bahnasa site discovered a papyrus containing an excerpt of Homer’s epic Iliad —inside ...

Fragment of Homer's Iliad discovered inside Roman-era mummy during Egypt excavations

Several other mummies, three golden tongues, and a tongue made of copper were also discovered during excavations. A section ...
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Greek Text of Homers Iliad Discovered on Papyrus in Egyptian Mummy

A 1,600-year-old papyrus of Homer's Iliad was found in an Egyptian mummy's grave, marking a rare literary find in Al ...

Egyptian mummy discovered stuffed with excerpt from ‘The Iliad’

Egyptian mummies were frequently embalmed using repurposed bits of papyrus with religious texts and other spiritual passages ...
Indian Defence Review

Spanish Archaeologists Discover a 1,600-Year-Old Roman-Era Mummy in Egypt with a Fragment of Homer’s Iliad Intact

A 1,600-year-old burial at Oxyrhynchus just rewrote what experts thought they knew about mummification rituals.