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Lost Greek Tragedies Revived

Features January/February 2025

By Benjamin Leonard

How a scholar discovered passages from a great Athenian playwright on a discarded papyrus
Clump of papyri in situ in a pit grave in the necropolis of Egypt's ancient city of Philadelphia
Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
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In the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian city of Philadelphia, archaeologists unearthed a pit grave (right, in foreground) next to an earlier mausoleum (background).
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).
Map of Egypt showing Cairo, Alexandria, and Philadelphia

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Benjamin Leonard is a senior editor at ARCHAEOLOGY.

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