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Ancient Greece, Prose: non-fiction, History, Classical history / classical civilisation
How an ancient rubbish dump has given us a unique view of life 2,000 years ago
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
Praise for City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish: Greek Lives in Roman Egypt
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a memorable book - LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS
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astonishing work of research and imagination - THE HERALD
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a remarkable book... to miss this is to iss a very rich treat - Expository Times - Paul Foster
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