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#96191 02/20/03 02:14 AM
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I just googled: oxyrynchus fish temple

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or even oxyrhynchus

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or even oxyrhynchos...

Just read your site, Bingley. Many thanks for broadening the understanding here of long noses.

That site would be of keen interest to anyone who reads here since it's all about putting together 950 years of culture from studying these ancient writings, papyrology.

Anyway, it was a great read--and, yes, Bingley, the fish was a pike according to the site. Thanks, again.

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> yes, Bingley, the fish was a pike

For some reason, as soon as I read this, I thought of that great last line:

For the snark was a Boojum, you see.


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Where else could you find people even remotely interested in the connection between a long-nosed fish and the birth of papyrology? We are so lucky.

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We are so lucky.


My sentiments exactly, Bingley.


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Curiously enough, while I had never heard of oxyrhynchus - fish or place, I was very familiar with oncorhynchus, even though I'm no particular fan of Schubert.


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