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You can see the world’s oldest copy of ‘The Odyssey’ right now in NYC
The 2,300-year-old papyrus fragment is back on display at the Met after a long stretch out of public view.
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You can see the world’s oldest copy of ‘The Odyssey’ right now in NYC is one of our hand-picked Events finds for New York. The 2,300-year-old papyrus fragment is back on display at the Met after a long stretch out of public view.
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