From https://phys.org/news/2026-04-archaeological-mission-oxyrhynchus-homer-iliad.html#google\_vignette
"The Oxyrhynchus Archaeological Mission, run by the Institute of Ancient Near East Studies (IPOA) at the University of Barcelona and led by Maite Mascort and Esther Pons, has identified a papyrus containing a fragment of Homer's "Iliad" inside a Roman-era tomb dating to approximately 1,600 years ago, in the Egyptian town of Al Bahnasa, ancient Oxyrhynchus."
by s-milegeneration
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Is it…readable?
Honestly that’s really cool. It also give an idea how well travelled the story was for the time period.
I heard it says – ‘This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.’
Amazing the lengths Nolan will go to for a publicity stunt
They’ve found Roman Christians buried with Christian texts and old Testament parchments as well
Its not that weird is it? Isn’t that well after greek culture merged with the romans?
What’s that exciting about this? Iliad is about 2,300 years old, that’s 700 years more than 1,600…