Click Here to Read: Sir Walter Scott (August 15, 1771 – September 21, 1832) The Bard Who Reawakened the Middle Ages by Robert Goodman on his Spoken Word Poetry Substack on August 19, 2026.
Portrait of Walter Scott (1771 – 1832), novelist and poet Image: Henry Raeburn (1756–1823) Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Click Here to Read: A passage from Homer’s Iliad has been discovered inside the abdomen of a Roman-era Egyptian mummy: A snippet of text from Homer’s famous epic recounting the siege of Troy was apparently placed inside this body as part of the mummification process By Adam Kovac edited by Claire Cameron on The Scientific American website on April 23, 2026.
Hera, Athena and Iris in the Trojan War (Iris, at the Behest of Zeus, Warns Athena and Hera not to Assist the Greeks in their War with the Trojans.) Image: Jacques Réattu (1760–1833) . Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
