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Hollywood stars and Christopher Nolan got a jaw-dropping glimpse at the world’s oldest known book-form copy of Homer’s Odyssey — a 1,700-year-old fragment penned by a scribe and teacher in Egypt. Transported like a high-security artifact to the film’s London premiere, the rare manuscript sparked awe as actors hunted for their character names in its ancient lines. It’s not just history — it’s a living bridge between ancient scribes and modern cinema, preserved with cutting-edge care as the earliest known book-bound version of the epic.

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