January 11, 1897: After finding little, 70 Egyptian workers are sent by Grenfell & Hunt to excavate a trash heap near Oxyrhynchus. They immediately found a fragment of the Gospel of Thomas & 1000s more papyri, proving trash heaps are archaeological treasures. oxyrhynchus.web.ox.ac.uk/waste-paper-...
January 11, 2026 at 12:32 PM
January 11, 1897: After finding little, 70 Egyptian workers are sent by Grenfell & Hunt to excavate a trash heap near Oxyrhynchus. They immediately found a fragment of the Gospel of Thomas & 1000s more papyri, proving trash heaps are archaeological treasures. oxyrhynchus.web.ox.ac.uk/waste-paper-...
An incredibly well preserved 1700 year old sock which was discovered in a Roman period cemetery at Oxyrhynchus (modern day Al-Bahnasa) in Egypt. Part of the collections at Manchester Museum. 📷 My own. #ManchesterMuseum
July 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
An incredibly well preserved 1700 year old sock which was discovered in a Roman period cemetery at Oxyrhynchus (modern day Al-Bahnasa) in Egypt. Part of the collections at Manchester Museum. 📷 My own. #ManchesterMuseum
Liverpool Oxyrhynchus papyri
@garstangmuseum.bsky.social now holds 20 Oxyrhynchus papyri:
libguides.liverpool.ac.uk/library/sca/...
Looking forward to showing some of these items at our next Applicant Discovery Day on March the 14th, including this beautiful first century Hesiod.
@garstangmuseum.bsky.social now holds 20 Oxyrhynchus papyri:
libguides.liverpool.ac.uk/library/sca/...
Looking forward to showing some of these items at our next Applicant Discovery Day on March the 14th, including this beautiful first century Hesiod.
March 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Liverpool Oxyrhynchus papyri
@garstangmuseum.bsky.social now holds 20 Oxyrhynchus papyri:
libguides.liverpool.ac.uk/library/sca/...
Looking forward to showing some of these items at our next Applicant Discovery Day on March the 14th, including this beautiful first century Hesiod.
@garstangmuseum.bsky.social now holds 20 Oxyrhynchus papyri:
libguides.liverpool.ac.uk/library/sca/...
Looking forward to showing some of these items at our next Applicant Discovery Day on March the 14th, including this beautiful first century Hesiod.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1075, a 3rd or 4th century CE manuscript showing part of Exodus 40
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1075, a 3rd or 4th century CE manuscript showing part of Exodus 40
This is just so cool. A Roman-era mummy recently excavated in Egypt contained a fragment of papyrus with a section of the Iliad.
Archaeologists Find Iliad “Catalog of Ships” Papyrus Inside Egyptian Mummy - Arkeonews
Archaeologists in Egypt’s Oxyrhynchus have discovered a Roman-era tomb containing mummies with golden tongues and a rare papyrus
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April 21, 2026 at 12:37 AM
This is just so cool. A Roman-era mummy recently excavated in Egypt contained a fragment of papyrus with a section of the Iliad.
The Epstein files are turning into one of those accidental historical archives of preserved records like the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Manuscript (fragments from 32BC–640AD found in an Egyptian rubbish dump). But instead of shopping lists, bills and horoscopes it’s the elite manipulating the system.
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 7, 2026 at 7:53 AM
The Epstein files are turning into one of those accidental historical archives of preserved records like the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Manuscript (fragments from 32BC–640AD found in an Egyptian rubbish dump). But instead of shopping lists, bills and horoscopes it’s the elite manipulating the system.
A mummy containing a rare papyrus fragment which included text from Book II of Homer’s Iliad, the famous “Catalog of Ships” which lists the Greek forces that sailed to Troy #classicalreception
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Archaeologists Find Iliad “Catalog of Ships” Papyrus Inside Egyptian Mummy - Arkeonews
Archaeologists in Egypt’s Oxyrhynchus have discovered a Roman-era tomb containing mummies with golden tongues and a rare papyrus
arkeonews.net
April 21, 2026 at 6:46 AM
A mummy containing a rare papyrus fragment which included text from Book II of Homer’s Iliad, the famous “Catalog of Ships” which lists the Greek forces that sailed to Troy #classicalreception
arkeonews.net/archaeologis...
arkeonews.net/archaeologis...
March 23, 283 CE: A baby named Pichime is born at 6 am in Oxyrhynchus in Roman Egypt. This is his horoscope. His sun is in Aries and moon in Cancer (P. Oxy. 12 1564: papyri.info/hgv/21930). At the end, the astrologer says Εὖ Τύχη ("Good Luck!") to the little Aries. 🐏🦀 www.slam.org/collection/o....
March 23, 2026 at 11:33 AM
March 23, 283 CE: A baby named Pichime is born at 6 am in Oxyrhynchus in Roman Egypt. This is his horoscope. His sun is in Aries and moon in Cancer (P. Oxy. 12 1564: papyri.info/hgv/21930). At the end, the astrologer says Εὖ Τύχη ("Good Luck!") to the little Aries. 🐏🦀 www.slam.org/collection/o....
Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery. https://cnn.it/4eTh33O
April 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery. https://cnn.it/4eTh33O
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Egyptian Oxyrhynchus fish — New Kingdom:Third Intermediate Period, 18th-22nd Dynasty, ca. 1550-735 bce, bronze and gold
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Egyptian Oxyrhynchus fish — New Kingdom:Third Intermediate Period, 18th-22nd Dynasty, ca. 1550-735 bce, bronze and gold
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July 19, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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Egyptian Oxyrhynchus fish — New Kingdom:Third Intermediate Period, 18th-22nd Dynasty, ca. 1550-735 bce, bronze and gold
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Egyptian Oxyrhynchus fish — New Kingdom:Third Intermediate Period, 18th-22nd Dynasty, ca. 1550-735 bce, bronze and gold
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I mean, we should all take some Homer with us to the afterlife, just in case we need a little epic reading while cruising on the Styx.
Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy
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 conta...
phys.org
April 21, 2026 at 1:28 PM
I mean, we should all take some Homer with us to the afterlife, just in case we need a little epic reading while cruising on the Styx.
November 16, 2024 at 2:27 PM
For #EndangeredSpeciesDay, a type of shark I had no idea existed until very recently: the daggernose shark (Carcharhinus oxyrhynchus). This is a super weird, poorly known requiem shark that is Critically Endangered. I'm not sure if it's ever been photographed alive/underwater
![Daggernose shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus) illustration [Marc Dando]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cxqdnippom73lt7hrb2iza5u/bafkreiaquejm2txy4rnuds6fhxjv7brvfgtn6ex7c7ls2a73ezt3hhdh3q)
May 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
For #EndangeredSpeciesDay, a type of shark I had no idea existed until very recently: the daggernose shark (Carcharhinus oxyrhynchus). This is a super weird, poorly known requiem shark that is Critically Endangered. I'm not sure if it's ever been photographed alive/underwater
My latest at @hyperallergic.com looks at the new Homer papyrus on mummified remains from Oxyrhynchus—& what the press got wrong initially. Thanks to Celsiana Warwick, @robertamazza.bsky.social, @sentantiq.bsky.social & Leah Mascia (+ @christinajriggs.bsky.social & edits by @valentinadl.bsky.social).
Archaeologists Discover Mummy Buried With Lines From Homer’s Iliad
Found in Egypt, the papyrus confirms that Homer was everywhere in the ancient Mediterranean.
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May 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
My latest at @hyperallergic.com looks at the new Homer papyrus on mummified remains from Oxyrhynchus—& what the press got wrong initially. Thanks to Celsiana Warwick, @robertamazza.bsky.social, @sentantiq.bsky.social & Leah Mascia (+ @christinajriggs.bsky.social & edits by @valentinadl.bsky.social).
Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy. #Archaeology
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Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy
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 conta...
phys.org
April 21, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy. #Archaeology
phys.org/news/2026-04...
phys.org/news/2026-04...
Beautiful new video on the Oxyrhynchus Collection. youtu.be/Y4G7HRZ7ZIY?...
EES Oxyrhynchus Papyri collection
YouTube video by The Egypt Exploration Society
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March 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Beautiful new video on the Oxyrhynchus Collection. youtu.be/Y4G7HRZ7ZIY?...
'The UB’s archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer’s ‘Iliad’ inside a Roman-era mummy'
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The UB’s archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer’s ‘Iliad’ inside a Roman-era mummy
The papyrus, placed in the mummy’s abdomen, contains a catalogue of ships. This is the first time a Greek literary text has been found in a mummy.
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April 21, 2026 at 12:53 PM
'The UB’s archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer’s ‘Iliad’ inside a Roman-era mummy'
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Ancient Egyptian Mummies Discovered in Oxyrhynchus.
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News - Ancient Egyptian Mummies Discovered in Oxyrhynchus - Archaeology Magazine
CAIRO, EGYPT—Thirteen mummies with gold tongues and fingernails have been discovered in a cemetery at […]
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December 20, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Ancient Egyptian Mummies Discovered in Oxyrhynchus.
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Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy
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Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy
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 conta...
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April 22, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy
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I don’t see much good news nowadays, but this discovery has me *grinning*.
An Egyptian mummy was found with THE ILIAD on its abdomen. Not some religious scripture, but Homer’s epic poem.
It dates from from Egypt’s Roman period, so roughly sixteen centuries ago.
An Egyptian mummy was found with THE ILIAD on its abdomen. Not some religious scripture, but Homer’s epic poem.
It dates from from Egypt’s Roman period, so roughly sixteen centuries ago.
Egyptian mummy unearthed with literary text on abdomen in first ever find | CNN
Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery.
www.cnn.com
August 24, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I don’t see much good news nowadays, but this discovery has me *grinning*.
An Egyptian mummy was found with THE ILIAD on its abdomen. Not some religious scripture, but Homer’s epic poem.
It dates from from Egypt’s Roman period, so roughly sixteen centuries ago.
An Egyptian mummy was found with THE ILIAD on its abdomen. Not some religious scripture, but Homer’s epic poem.
It dates from from Egypt’s Roman period, so roughly sixteen centuries ago.
There's still something like 200 year's worth of untranslated oxyrhynchus papyri at present rates of translation in Oxford.
October 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
There's still something like 200 year's worth of untranslated oxyrhynchus papyri at present rates of translation in Oxford.
Kudos to Oxford's Bodleian Library, for putting the Oxyrhynchus papyri online with expansive licenses permitting quick image-use. 🎉😍
They also automated it, so you can easily obtain high-resolution files.
#Egyptology #AncientBlueSky #Classics
#OpenAccess
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8017...
They also automated it, so you can easily obtain high-resolution files.
#Egyptology #AncientBlueSky #Classics
#OpenAccess
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8017...
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
September 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Kudos to Oxford's Bodleian Library, for putting the Oxyrhynchus papyri online with expansive licenses permitting quick image-use. 🎉😍
They also automated it, so you can easily obtain high-resolution files.
#Egyptology #AncientBlueSky #Classics
#OpenAccess
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8017...
They also automated it, so you can easily obtain high-resolution files.
#Egyptology #AncientBlueSky #Classics
#OpenAccess
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/8017...
"Don't start me in Week 4."
- Alvin Kamara
- Alvin Kamara
Egyptian mummy unearthed with literary text on abdomen in first ever find | CNN
Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery.
www.cnn.com
October 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
"Don't start me in Week 4."
- Alvin Kamara
- Alvin Kamara
Oxyrhynchus heißt literarisch Süßnase! 🥰
December 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Oxyrhynchus heißt literarisch Süßnase! 🥰