El-Bahnasa

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El-Bahnasa is a modern Egyptian town in Minya Governorate best known as the site of ancient Oxyrhynchus, a major Greco-Roman city famed for its papyrus discoveries.

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El-Bahnasa canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf populated place
town
administrativeDivision markaz of Beni Mazar NERFINISHED
archaeologicalFindType documentary papyri
early Christian texts
literary papyri
archaeologicalPeriod Byzantine period
Hellenistic period
Roman period
climate hot desert climate
continent Africa
country Egypt
governorateCapital Minya NERFINISHED
hasArchaeologicalExcavationsBy British archaeologists
Egyptian archaeologists
Italian archaeologists
hasHistoricalSite Oxyrhynchus NERFINISHED
hasNearbyAncientCity Per-Medjed NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Middle Egypt NERFINISHED
knownFor Greco-Roman archaeological remains
papyrus discoveries
site of ancient Oxyrhynchus
languageSpoken Arabic
locatedIn Minya Governorate NERFINISHED
Upper Egypt NERFINISHED
locatedNorthOf Asyut NERFINISHED
locatedOnRiver Nile NERFINISHED
locatedSouthOf Cairo NERFINISHED
majorReligion Islam
modernNameOf Oxyrhynchus NERFINISHED
partOf Arab Republic of Egypt NERFINISHED
religiousHeritage Coptic Christian sites
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
transportConnection road network of Minya Governorate

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Oxyrhynchus modernSettlementName El-Bahnasa