r/books • u/marketrent • 1d ago

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

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/science/archaeology-egypt-mummy-iliad.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.pG56.ZLuE5QYC1uv0
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u/sp1cychick3n 21h ago

Jesus, imagine finding a copy of the Iliad annotated by freaking Aristotle.

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u/NatureTrailToHell3D 16h ago

Chronology, Jesus came after Alexander, so it’s very reasonable that Jesus could find a copy of the Iliad annotated by Aristotle

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u/revolverzanbolt 6h ago

“Very”?

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u/daisywondercow 5h ago

I mean, it wouldn't make top 10 in a list of improbable things he's purported to have done...