El-Bahnasa
E505564
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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El-Bahnasa canonical | 1 |
Statements (35)
| 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.