City Of The Sharp-Nosed Fish: Greek Lives In Roman Egypt Prof Peter Parsons Weidenfeld Nicolson Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

How An Ancient Rubbish Dump Has Given Us A Unique View Of Life 2 000 Years Agoin 1897 Two Oxford Archaeologists Began Digging Mound South Cairo Ten Later They Had Uncovered 500 Fragments Papyri Shipped Back To The Meticulous And Scholarly Work Deciphering These It Is Still Going On Today As Well Christian Writings From Totally Unknown Gospels Greek Poems Not Seen By Human Eyes Since Fall Rome There Are Tax Returns Petitions Private Letters Sales Documents Leases Wills Shopping Lists What Found Was Entire Flourishing Market-Town - Oxyrhynchos ( `City Sharp-Nosed Fish\ ) Encapsulated In Its Waste Paper Total Lack Rain This Part Egypt Preserved Papyrus Beneath Sand Nowhere Else Roman Empire We Hear Voices Barbers Bee-Keepers Boat-Makers Dyers Donkey-Drivers Weavers Wine-Merchants Set Against Great Events Late Antiquity: Rise Coming Christianity Result Extraordinary Picture Everyday Nile Valley Between Alexander 300 Bc Arab Conquest Thousand Σελίδες: 288 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0501 Διαστάσεις: 13 4X13 4Cm