1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered in Dutch library
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"1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered in Dutch library" is generating significant coverage in the Entertainment category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include yahoo.com, DutchNews.nl, NL Times and CBS News. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (5)
- Small 1,700-year-old fragment of Odyssey found tucked in Dutch library book yahoo.com · 19h ago
- Scrap of 1700-year-old copy of The Odyssey washes up in Utrecht DutchNews.nl · 19h ago
- 1,700-year-old fragment of Homer's Odyssey found in Utrecht University library NL Times · 19h ago
- 1,700-year-old fragment of "Odyssey" discovered between pages of a library book CBS News · 19h ago
- 1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered in Dutch library Live Science · 19h ago
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