[2banana]

All of it was collected from the rubbish dumps of Oxyrhynchus, a city that flourished after the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C. The city remained prominent in the Roman and Byzantine periods but declined after the Arab conquest in A.D. 641.

Yep - about sums up most of the history of the middle east...

[mlc9852]

"The city remained prominent in the Roman and Byzantine periods but declined after the Arab conquest in A.D. 641."

Hhhmmmmm

[justshutupandtakeit]

Another city destroyed by the Muslims.

[CIDKauf]

Gets worse than that...Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor in 300 AD stopped persecuting Christians "by decree of the Roman Emperor" and moved his palace to Instanbul, renaming the city Constantinople, creating Catholisism, and establishing "the Father, the Son and the holy Ghost" in heaven leaving himself in charge on earth, ruling for 1100 years before Mohammed the Conquerer invaded in 1453, burning the city and destroying the Roman collected original Christian biblical documents, killing Constantine the 11th and reclaiming Instanbul. Some 250 years later, King James I collected Hebrew, Greek Orthadox, Latin, and other versions of the Bible, and translating them into English and writing the the King James Bible for the Church of England.

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

prominent in the Roman and Byzantine periods but declined after the Arab conquest

What else is new?

[Thinkin' Gal]

The city remained prominent in the Roman and Byzantine periods but declined after the Arab conquest in A.D. 641.

>>>Yep - about sums up most of the history of the middle east...<<<

You know how the old saying goes,

"Why if I had a nickle for..."