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
Author Biography
Peter Parsons was Lecturer in Papyrology from 1960 to 1989 and Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University from 1989 until his retirement in 2003. For many years he was chairman of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project of the British Academy, of which he has
Reviews
"a memorable book" LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS "astonishing work of research and imagination" THE HERALD "a remarkable book... to miss this is to iss a very rich treat" -- Paul Foster Expository Times
