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Archaeologists discover 1600-year-old mummy with Homer's Iliad fragment in Egypt

Researchers in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, found a mummy with a piece of Homer's Iliad attached to its abdomen, calling it an unprecedented discovery.

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Researchers in Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, found a mummy with a piece of Homer's Iliad attached to its abdomen, calling it an unprecedented discovery.
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