New results of the archaeological mission in the Egyptian city of Oxyrhynchus
The recent archaeological mission in the old city of Oxyrhynchus, led by the University of Barcelona, Societat Catalana dʼEgiptologia (Catalan Society for Egyptology, SCE), the University of Montpellier, Palarq Foundation and the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya, have revealed the story of the column of the Roman Emperor Phocas, located in the archaeological site. Apart from the work in different funerary rooms related to a small church and pit graves, they discovered a round wall made of brickwork, though its function and nature are still unknown.
The recent archaeological mission in the old city of Oxyrhynchus, led by the University of Barcelona, Societat Catalana dʼEgiptologia (Catalan Society for Egyptology, SCE), the University of Montpellier, Palarq Foundation and the Department of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya, have revealed the story of the column of the Roman Emperor Phocas, located in the archaeological site. Apart from the work in different funerary rooms related to a small church and pit graves, they discovered a round wall made of brickwork, though its function and nature are still unknown.
“There cannot be conclusions about this circular structure until the excavation is over; but it is by no means a banal construction”, says the supervisor of the mission, UB emeritus professor and president of SCE, Josep Padró.