El Bahnasa is a modern village which located in El Miny, Egypt. In fact, El Bahnasa was the location for a destroyed site which called Per-Medjed town. In fact, the town was the capital of the 19th Upper Egyptian Nome and called Oxyrhynchus. Little known about the Pharaonic history of the town. In fact, a species of mormyrus fish worshiped there in a local cult. Moreover, the fish was sharp nose fish. Furthermore, the fish and was one of the three species of Nile fish who ate the phallus of Osiris. It was when the god’s body cut into pieces by his brother Seth. There was a dispute which broke out between this town and its neighbor, Cynopolis. In fact, the last one worshiped a dog. Moreover, each community accused of killing and eating each other’s sacred emblems.

El Bahnasa called Oxyrhynchus as mentioned above by the Greeks who named their town after the sacred fish. The  town began to gain an importance during Ptolemaic times. In fact, it was when it became a prosperous regional capital. Moreover, under the Greeks and Romans the town became the third city of Egypt. In fact, Oxyrhynchus was a large and sophisticated town during Roman times. It was with access to the camel-routes between the Nile Valley and the western oases. Though. El Bahnasa housed as many as 6000 people during its prominence. Moreover, a few structures revealed from this period. In fact, the structures included part of a colonnade and a Roman theater. Textural evidence tells us that there was also a gymnasium and public baths.