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Homer's manuscript found inside an ancient mummy in Egypt

In Egypt, archaeologists have made an unusual discovery: inside a mummy, they found a fragment of Homer's ancient Greek poem "The Iliad", writes Euronews.

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Research was conducted in the area of Oxyrhynchus, approximately 190 kilometers south of Cairo. During excavations in one of the tombs, a papyrus was found with the text of the second book of "The Iliad", listing the Greek troops who set off for the Trojan War.

The peculiarity of the find is that this text was not simply in a burial site, but inside a mummy — presumably, it was reused as material for wrapping or an element of the burial shroud. In antiquity, this was quite common: old papyri were sometimes recycled for funerary purposes.

Scientists note that similar papyri are often found in Oxyrhynchus, but their presence inside a mummy is a very rare phenomenon. This makes the find unique both from a literary and a historical point of view.

The discovery also helps to better understand how Greek culture and literature spread in Egypt during the Greco-Roman period and how Egyptian and ancient burial traditions mingled.

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  • дочка Максима Дизайнера (асоба цынічна)
    23.04.2026
    "Асаблівасць знаходкі ў тым, што гэты тэкст быў не проста ў могільніку, а ўнутры муміі — верагодна, яго выкарыстоўвалі паўторна як матэрыял для абмотвання або элемента пахавальнага пакрыцця. У антычнасці гэта было даволі распаўсюджана: старыя папірусы часам перапрацоўваліся для пахавальных патрэб."

    а потым...

    @Согласно материалам BigPicture и историческим данным, краска, изготавливаемая из египетских мумий, называлась «Mummy Brown» (коричневая мумия).
    Вот основные факты об этом пигменте:
    Состав и производство: Начиная с позднего Средневековья и вплоть до начала XX века, засушенные тела египетских мумий перетирались в порошок. Для насыщенности цвета в эту субстанцию добавляли белую смолу и миро.
    Использование: «Mummy Brown» была популярна среди европейских художников, особенно в XVIII–XIX веках, благодаря своему глубокому коричневому оттенку и прозрачности, что хорошо подходило для лессировки и теней.
    Свойства: Краска описывалась как асфальтоподобная, густая, легко растирающаяся паста, которая отлично наносилась, но была малосветостойкой.
    Закат производства: Только в 1964 году английская фирма C. Roberson прекратила производство этого художественного материала из-за дефицита сырья и этических соображений.@ (ИИ)

    "круговорот веществ в природе" - як гаворыцца ў старым анекдоце

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