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Iliad Papyrus Found Inside Roman-Era Mummy in Egypt

The identification of a Book II passage marks the first documented use of a Greek literary text in mummification.

Ancient Sling Bullet Near Hippos Bears Greek Taunt “Learn Your Lesson”

Archaeologists Confirm Rediscovery of Alexandria on the Tigris in Southern Iraq

Fitzwilliam Team Finds Ancient Egyptian 'White-Out' on 3,300-Year-Old Book of the Dead

Chemical Traces in Roman Glass Bottle Offer First Physical Proof of Feces-Based Medicine

Ancient Vial Yields First Material Proof of Roman Feces-Based Medicine

Mexico Unveils 1,400-Year-Old Zapotec Tomb With Owl Monument and Murals

Neolithic Shell Trumpets From Catalonia Played Again in Study Pointing to Long-Range Signalling

Near-Complete Iron Age War Trumpet Found in Norfolk Hoard

Airborne Survey Reveals Ireland’s Largest Prehistoric Nucleated Hillfort Settlement at Brusselstown Ring

Bronze Age Bute Burials Yield New Findings at Scotland's Upgraded Research Hub

Ancient Fingerprint Found on 2,400-Year-Old Danish Boat Points to Baltic Origin

Fingerprint and Pine Pitch Point to Baltic Origins for Denmark’s Hjortspring Boat

2,000-Year-Old Pleasure Barge Found Off Alexandria’s Royal Island

225 In-Place Statuettes at Tanis Identify Pharaoh Sheshonq III

Jug Filled With Charred Ritual Debris Found in 4,000-Year-Old Nubian Grave

Yale Team Detects Opiates in Xerxes-Inscribed Alabaster Vase, Offering Clearest Evidence in Ancient Egypt

Isotope Breakthrough Ties Nuragic Bronzes to Sardinian Copper and Imported Tin

Stonehenge Cow Tooth Study Strengthens Wales Link

Egypt Recovers Statues and a Shipwreck Off Alexandria in First Such Operation Since 2001