headed by Esther Pons and Maite Mascort revealed a unique cemetery consisting of one room built with glazed limestone dating back to the 26th Dynasty (so-called the El-Sawi era). Archaeologists also uncovered bronze coins, clay seals, Roman tombstones and small crosses. Archaeological structures of Muslim conquest The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities expressed their interest in a project to restore the tombs of the Al-Bahnasa, an ancient city, in which many papyri dating back to the Greco-Roman era were found, as well as a number of tombs for the companions of Muhammad. In 2021, Egypt's head of Islamic, Coptic, Jewish antiquities sector followed up on the progress of the restoration. In March 2020, archeological researchers from the Antiquities Inspection of Al-Bahnasa District located archaeological evidence of the encampment of Khalid ibn al-Walid and 10,000 soldiers under him, including 70 veterans of the Battle of Badr. The excavators said the Muslim armies' encampments were located in the current location of the village of Beni Hilal, Minya District, west of Bahnasa. See also Hellanicus of Lesbos Heracles Papyrus Oxyrhynchus Gospels Oxyrhynchus hymn Villa of the Papyri The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus References Further reading The Oxyrhynchus Logia and the Apocryphal Gospels. (2007). Gardners Books. External links Official website of the Archaeological Mission in Oxyrhynchus Oxyrhynchus Online PBS NOVA scienceNOW feature on papyrus imaging (streaming video) Report on the recent Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission to the site Oxford University Classics Department Oxyrhynchus Project Oxyrhynchus and the Gospel of Thomas Article on new discoveries in the papyri from The Independent on Sunday, April 17, 2005 University of Michigan Collection Joint Egyptian/Spanish archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus Oxyrhynchus papyri volumes The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. I, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt at the Internet Archive The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. II, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt at the Internet Archive The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. III, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt at the Internet Archive. The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. IV, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt at the Internet Archive The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. V, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt at the Internet Archive The Oxyrhynchus papyri vol. VI, edited with translations and notes by Bernard P. Grenfell and Arthur S. Hunt