In the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus, just west of the Nile, a team led by archaeologists Esther Pons of Spain’s National Archaeologicala foliage-crowned Isis-Aphrodite, a form of the Egyptian goddess Isis that incorporated the Greek deity Aphrodite’s association with fertility. “These figurines are very important because it’s the first time that they have appeared not only in Oxyrhynchus,” says Pons, “but also in this part of Egypt.”
