Researchers just found 20 packets of sealed papyri curiously placed atop Egyptian mummies—one of which contained fragments of Homer’s Iliad.
Each fragment was linked to the “Catalogue of Ships,” which details the heroes, cities, and ships of the Trojan War.
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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.
