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A 1,600-year-old Egyptian mummy was found with Homer’s Iliad tucked inside its abdomen. Its purpose remains a mysteryAn intriguing discovery in Egypt revealed an ancient mummy with a papyrus fragment of Homer's Iliad resting on its abdomen. This fragment, ...
A 2,000-year-old scroll buried by Vesuvius has finally given up its ancient secretsScientists have finally uncovered hidden words from the ancient Herculaneum scrolls using AI technology. Buried by Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,...
In 1945, villagers digging for fertilizer in Upper Egypt found a sealed jar of codices, and Nag Hammadi changed the study of early ChristianityVillagers near Nag Hammadi found a sealed jar in 1945. Inside were thirteen ancient books. These books contained early Christian texts unkn...
In the 1750s, well diggers broke into a buried Roman Villa near Herculaneum: What looked like charcoal turned out to be ancient booksEighteenth-century workers in Herculaneum unearthed a unique Roman library preserved by the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption. These carbonized papyr...
In 1799, French Soldiers Repaired a Fort Wall in Egypt: They Found a Stone Slab That Discovery Unlocked Ancient Egyptian LanguageA chance discovery in Egypt in 1799 by Napoleon's soldiers led to the unearthing of the Rosetta Stone. This stone bore the same decree in h...
Discovering the ‘surprising’ ingredients of ancient Egyptian mummification workshopThe exceptional collection of pottery dates from around 664-525 BC.
A treasure trove of Egyptian artefacts unearthed in Saqqara, EgyptArchaeologists have hit the jackpot as they unearth a buried treasure of Egyptian artefacts, including idols, mummified coffins, manuscript...
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We floated joyously down thousands of years of Egyptian history.