Oxyrhynchus Papyri
An ancient rubbish dump in Egypt preserved by the arid climate, yielding hundreds of thousands of Greek and Latin papyrus fragments - literary texts, private letters and administrative records spanning Ptolemaic to early Islamic Egypt.
Dated events and their evidence
- 1897 CE mainstream
excavations begin, first papyrus found source
Where
28.5330° N, 30.6670° E
Sources
Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.