Odysseus has made yet another pit stop on his journey home from the Trojan War.
Archaeologists' siren song summoned what appears to be the oldest written piece of The Odyssey, Homer's epic about Odysseus' incredibly long trip from Troy to Ithaca, Greece's culture ministry announced Tuesday. After a three-year excavation, a clay tablet engraved with verses from the poem surfaced in ancient Olympia, where the Olympic games were first held.
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