An Iliad fragment discovered inside an Egyptian mummy shows how Homer’s influence extended across Roman culture, from ...

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Archaeologists have unearthed ancient artifacts in Egypt including Pharaonic funerary furniture and a marble head of Greek ...

On June 5, the Royal British Columbia Museum will open a new exhibit on the rituals used in Ancient Egypt to prepare their ...

Ancient Egypt had plenty of impressive things going on: pyramids, temples, hieroglyphs, mummies, powerful pharaohs, and a calendar full of gods. Yet one of the most charming details about Egyptian ...

Ever since a 2018 blaze destroyed priceless artifacts and scientifically important specimens, museum staff have devoted ...

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Scientists have floated a wild theory that Stonehenge may have been an ancient sports arena whose very construction was one ...

The St. Joseph Public Library is hosting an event called True Crime Time at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 21 at the East Hills ...

For the deceased of Roman-era Egypt, Greek literature may have offered a cheat code to a more comfortable afterlife. By Franz Lidz Archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered a remarkable ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed a sealed packet of the epic poem resting atop a Roman-era mummy, suggesting they may have been used as a magical ward for the afterlife. Papyri were plentiful in the ...

Archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered a remarkable combination of Homeric epic and Egyptian ritual: a 2,000-year-old mummy with a papyrus fragment of the "Iliad" sealed in a clay packet ...