Naucratis
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Naucratis or Naukratis was a city and trading-post in ancient Egypt, located on the Canopic branch of the Nile river, south-east of the Mediterranean Sea and the city of Alexandria. Naucratis was the
Seated sphinx plate, Eastern Greek Orientalizing, 6th century BC, from Naukratis
Hedgehog vase from Naukratis
Canopus, Egypt
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Canopus, also known as Canobus, was an ancient Egyptian coastal town, located in the Nile Delta. Its site is in the eastern outskirts of modern-day Alexandria, around 25 kilometers from the center of
Naucratis
…Ναύκρατις, "Naval Command"; Egyptian: njwt-kꜣrṯ, nskꜣrṯ, pr-mryt; Coptic: Ⲡⲓⲉⲙⲣⲱ Piemro) was a city and trading-post in ancient Egypt, located on the Canopic (western-most) branch of the Nile river, south-east of the Mediterranean Sea and the city of Alexandria. Naucratis was the first and, for much of its…
Canopus menouthis herakleion
Ptolemaic coins from the submerged Heracleion