Naucratis
Sign in to saveNaucratis or Naukratis (; , "Naval Command"; Egyptian: , , ; ) 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 early history, the only permanent Greek settlement in Egypt, serving as a symbiotic nexus for the interchange of Greek and Egyptian art and culture.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Naucratis
- Ancient site.native_name
- Ναύκρατις
- Ancient site.image
- Plate sphinx BM GR1965.9-30.705.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Seated sphinx plate, Eastern Greek Orientalizing, 6th century BC, from Naukratis
- Ancient site.map_type
- Egypt
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Beheira Governorate, Egypt
- Ancient site.region
- Lower Egypt
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.occupants
- Athenaeus
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- Archaeology
- Impact
- See also
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Naucratis or Naukratis (; , "Naval Command"; Egyptian: , , ; ) 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 early history, the only permanent Greek settlement in Egypt, serving as a symbiotic nexus for the interchange of Greek and Egyptian art and culture.
The modern villages of Kom Gi'eif, el-Nibeira and el-Niqrash cover the archaeological site, which is of great importance. It is the source of numerous art objects in many of the world's museums, as well as pottery inscribed with some of the earliest known examples of Greek writing.