Egyptian mummy unearthed with literary text on abdomen in first ever find

Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” ...
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Papyrus Fragment of Homer’s Iliad Found in 1600–Year-old Mummy is First Time Literature is Discovered in a Burial

An Egyptian mummy was found buried with a papyrus fragment of a passage from Homer’s Iliad—the first time literature was seen ...

First-of-Its-Kind Discovery: Homer’s Iliad Found Embedded in a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

Researchers discovered an Iliad fragment in a mummy, marking the first literary papyrus used in embalming and offering new ...
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On this date: The first text message

(WHTM) Somebody not answering their phone? Send them a text message. Having a silly conversation with a friend? Send text messages. Having a serious discussion and want to preserve a written record?
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World’s First Text Message Was Sent 33 Years Ago Today — What Was It?

Today marks a truly historic date — December 3. Why? Because on this very day, 33 years ago, the world received its first-ever text message. On December 3, 1992, engineer Neil Papworth sent the ...
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Ancient clay cylinders provide first foundation text documenting Nebuchadnezzar II's restoration of the ziggurat of Kish

In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent analysis and translation of the inscriptions published in Iraq revealed ...