Medieval text family trees suggest 60% of works vanished over centuries

For every King Arthur or Roland, whose adventures readers can still enjoy today, another hero of ancient literature may have ...
CNN

Egyptian mummy unearthed with literary text on abdomen in first ever find

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. While other ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Unearth a Papyrus Fragment From the ‘Iliad’ Tucked Inside the Wrappings of a 1,600-Year-Old Egyptian Mummy

In the ancient Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus, archaeologists recently discovered a 1,600-year-old tomb with several mummies inside. Some of them were decorated with gold leaf or geometric ...
Gizmodo

Homer’s “Iliad” Found Stuffed Into Egyptian Mummy’s Wrappings

Archaeologists had previously uncovered Greek papyri in mummies, but this discovery marks the first time a literary text has been found incorporated into the mummification process. Reading time 2 ...
Nature

Literature Integration in Foreign Language Education

Integrating literature into foreign language teaching has evolved from mere supplementary reading to a cornerstone of communicative and cultural competence. This approach situates authentic literary ...
The Conversation

‘Nostalgic’ classics, or edgy contemporary texts? What books are kids reading in Australian schools – and does it matter?

Debates about what books students should be reading in high school reach a crescendo at the start of each school year. As parents make their way through school text lists, collecting books for their ...