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

An excerpt from the ancient Greek epic was discovered not just with, but within, an Egyptian mummy.

“Among the burial goods were three golden tongues and one copper tongue, placed inside the mouths of the deceased. These amulets were believed to ensure the dead could speak in the afterlife, particularly when facing judgment before Osiris, the Egyptian god of the underworld.”