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Archaeologists find Egyptian mummy buried with the 'Iliad'

https://www.openculture.com/2026/05/archaeologists-discover-ancient-egyptian-mummy-buried-with-pages-from-homers-iliad.html
19•diodorus•5d ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/science/archaeology-egypt... (https://archive.ph/2jmQ2)

Comments

baud147258•31m ago
I am a little disappointed the tomb where the mummy was found is from the time where Egypt was part of the Roman Empire. At this point ancient Egypt had been a colony of Rome for quite some time and beforehand a Greek/Macedonian colony for a few more centuries (under the Ptolemaic dynasty, founded by a general of Alexander the Great). If it was from a previous era, it would have been a much more interesting find (in my eyes).
stingrae•9m ago
This reminds me of a piece I just saw at the Legion of Honor (SF) special exhibit on the etruscans. They have a Etruscan manuscript, written on linen, that was used to wrap a mummy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liber_Linteus

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https://openai.com/index/model-disproves-discrete-geometry-conjecture/
538•tedsanders•3h ago•360 comments

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363•Timofeibu•9h ago•121 comments

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49•pantalaimon•1h ago•30 comments

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176•gregsadetsky•4h ago•66 comments

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170•cdrnsf•1h ago•67 comments

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247•hexagr•2d ago•65 comments

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578•kevinsimper•12h ago•225 comments

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25•AMavorParker•1h ago•2 comments

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79•speckx•5h ago•24 comments

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77•thnaks•5h ago•46 comments

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101•Timofeibu•3h ago•80 comments

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120•cachecow•2h ago•80 comments

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286•eqrion•10h ago•124 comments

Archaeologists find Egyptian mummy buried with the 'Iliad'

https://www.openculture.com/2026/05/archaeologists-discover-ancient-egyptian-mummy-buried-with-pa...
19•diodorus•5d ago•2 comments

Map of Metal

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379•robin_reala•12h ago•136 comments

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114•yacin•7h ago•7 comments

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240•tigerlily•11h ago•167 comments

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75•dxs•2d ago•22 comments

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10•hanifbbz•1h ago•3 comments

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355•0xedb•14h ago•214 comments

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49•tzury•2d ago•6 comments

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5•mrkn1•1h ago•0 comments

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93•pyrex41•7h ago•22 comments

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166•theanonymousone•3h ago•127 comments

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12•byhong03•5h ago•4 comments

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https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/v26.0.0
110•aarestad•4h ago•34 comments