Select person often duck out around ancient Egyptian city (3,2,3,4)

'select person often duck out around ancient egyptian city' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'often duck out around ancient egyptian city' is the wordplay.
'duck' becomes 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket).
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ancient egyptian city' becomes 'thebes' (I've seen this before).
'often'+'o'='ofteno'
'ofteno' is an anagram of 'oneoft'.
'oneoft' placed around 'thebes' is 'ONE OF THE BEST'.

Can you help me to learn more?