Christian Oxyrhynchus (modern al-Bahnasa) and its Environs in Egypt Business Directory

Oxyrhynchus (meaning sharp-nosed fish) was the main city within the nineteenth nome (province) during Egypts Pharaonic Period. In ancient times, it was called per-meged (Per-medjed) and Pemje by the Coptic Christians. It played an interesting role in Egyptian mythology and was given the name Oxyrhynchus during the Roman period because of the local worship of a Nile fish by that name (a form of pike).

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