Oxyrhynchus
Egyptian manuscript city
Oxyrhynchus is an ancient Egyptian city about 100 miles south of Cairo, now called el-Bahnasa.
The site is famous for yielding vast quantities of papyrus manuscripts—literary texts, early Christian writings, administrative records—preserved by the dry desert climate.
Scholars refer to this collection as the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, one of the most important archaeological finds for understanding ancient Mediterranean life.
Handwritten or typed originals
- fragmentsIncomplete broken pieces
- textsDigital short messages
- scrollsRolled written records
- codicesBound handwritten volumes
Grenfell · gospels · Sappho · Euclid · decipherment · philology · transcription · cataloging
Africa's longest river
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- ichthyologyScientific study of piscine life
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- snoutBeast's protruding face
worship · totem · hieroglyph · aquatic · African
Africa's longest river
- Upper EgyptSouthern Nile valley region
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- MemphisTennessee city, ancient Egyptian capital
- desertTo leave behind completely
Earth-centered astronomical system
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- HellenisticOf post-Alexander Greek civilization
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
temples · colonnades · agora · gymnasium · theatre · garrison · metropolis · province
manuscripts
Handwritten or typed originals
codices · Grenfell · gospels · Sappho · Euclid · decipherment · philology · transcription · cataloging · conservation
Nile
Africa's longest river
- sacredWorthy of reverence
- ichthyologyScientific study of piscine life
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
Nile
Africa's longest river
- Upper EgyptSouthern Nile valley region
- AlexandriaEgyptian Mediterranean port
- MemphisTennessee city, ancient Egyptian capital
Ptolemaic
Earth-centered astronomical system
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- ByzantineOf Constantinople's civilization
- HellenisticOf post-Alexander Greek civilization
ruins · temples · colonnades · agora · gymnasium · theatre · garrison · metropolis · province · Seth
excavation
Act of unearthing
antiquities · Petrie · stratigraphy · mummy · ceramics · tomb · survey · relics · heritage · preservation
- Egyptian PlacesCairo, Luxor, Aswan, Giza, Alexandria
- manuscriptscodex, codices, folio, folios, papyri
- Middle EgyptHermopolis, limestone cliffs, royal tombs
- Ancient Egyptpharaoh, pharaohs, sphinx, pyramids, hieroglyphics
- Egyptpyramids, Cairo, Sphinx, Nile, pharaoh
- papyripapyri, papyrus scrolls
OxyrhynchusAlexandria
Egyptian Mediterranean port
Memphis · Thebes · Nile Delta · Herculaneum · Cairo