From the Sands of Egypt
The discovery of the world's largest trove of ancient writings has opened an unparalleled window on a vanished world.
More numerous and extensive than the Dead Sea Scrolls, this massive trove of ancient writings on papyrus discovered at the site of Oxyrhynchus in the late 19th century has revealed not only lost literary works of the ancient Greeks and Romans and ancient biblical texts, but also an intimate glimpse on the personal lives and business of the everyday citizens of a Greco-Roman city now long gone and covered by the sands of Egypt. The finds are so voluminous that translation work continues to this day, and will continue for years into the future. But most significant is the fascinating window they open on the daily lives, feelings, and issues of people who lived more than 2,000 years ago.
Photo: Oxyryhnchus papyrus, fragment of the Gospel of Mary, Wikimedia Commons.
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