City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish
Author: Peter Parsons
ISBN: 9780753822333
Publisher: Orion
Year first published: 01 May 2008
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
In 1897 two Oxford archaeologists began digging a low sand-covered mound a hundred miles south of Cairo. When they had finally finished, ten years later, they had uncovered 500 000 fragments of papyri. Shipped back to Oxford, the meticulous and scholarly
ISBN: 9780753822333
Publisher: Orion
Year first published: 01 May 2008
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback / softback
In 1897 two Oxford archaeologists began digging a low sand-covered mound a hundred miles south of Cairo. When they had finally finished, ten years later, they had uncovered 500 000 fragments of papyri. Shipped back to Oxford, the meticulous and scholarly