Lost Greek Tragedies Revived

In the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian city of Philadelphia, archaeologists unearthed a third-century a.d. pit grave (in foreground) next to an earlier mausoleum (background).

Since the late nineteenth century, archaeologists have recovered troves of administrative documents and personal archives in the ancient city of Philadelphia, on the northeastern edge of Egypt’s Fayum region. Yet only around 30 papyri featuring excerpts of literature have been found there. When archaeologist Ba

Benjamin Leonard is a senior editor at ARCHAEOLOGY.