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Ancient Egypt: Magic and Medicine – a brilliant exhibition showing the power of learning through artefacts
The Conversation 01 Jul 2026
The exhibition Ancient Egypt. Magic and Medicine in the Swansea University Egypt Centre is unusual as there are just two ancient objects on display. One is a limestone fragment that was used like scrap paper to write or draw on ... Ancient Egypt.
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Why was an Egyptian mummy stuffed with a fragment of Homer’s Iliad?
The Conversation 12 May 2026
Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus by Gavin Hamilton (1760-1763). National Galleries of Scotland Collection. Archaeologists have found something unexpected inside a 1,600-year-old Roman-era Egyptian mummy. a fragment of Homer’s Iliad ... .
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