City of the sharp-nosed fish : Greek papyri beneath the Egyptian sand reveal a long-lost world
Parsons, P. J.2007
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In 1897 two Oxford archaeologists began digging in a sand-covered mound 100 miles south of Cairo. When they finished ten years later, they had uncovered 500,000 fragments of papyri from the ruins of the city of Oxyrhynchus. The work of deciphering these fragments is still ongoing.
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London : Phoenix, 2007.
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xxviii, 258 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map, port. ; 22 cm.
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Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226) and index.
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9780753822333 (pbk)
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932.022
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English
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321096