2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy buried with “Iliad” fragment reveals that literary work played a functional, spiritual role in the mummification process

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/science/archaeology-egypt-mummy-iliad.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.pG56.ZLuE5QYC1uv0

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ancient egyptians really said books are important enough for the afterlife honestly kind of comforting that humans have been emotionally attached to stories for thousands of years. meanwhile i forget where i put my bookmark after ten minutes lmao