Rhacotis
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thumb | 220x124px | right Rhacotis (Egyptian: r-ꜥ-qd(y)t, Coptic: ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ , Greek Ῥακῶτις; also romanized as Rhakotis) was the name for a city on the northern coast of Egypt at the site of Alexandria. Rhacotis may have been the name for an earlier settlement on the site of Alexandria or, alternatively, a term meaning "construction site" referring to the establishment of the new city.
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- Rhacotis
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- Ῥακῶτις
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- Egypt
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- Archaeology
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thumb | 220x124px | right Rhacotis (Egyptian: r-ꜥ-qd(y)t, Coptic: ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ , Greek Ῥακῶτις; also romanized as Rhakotis) was the name for a city on the northern coast of Egypt at the site of Alexandria. Rhacotis may have been the name for an earlier settlement on the site of Alexandria or, alternatively, a term meaning "construction site" referring to the establishment of the new city.
Rhacotis was located west of the now-silted Canopic branch of the Nile. Unlike ports within the Nile Delta, it was reliably accessible to large ships, and enough water for a city could be supplied by a canal. It is also described as the home of sentinels who protected the Egyptian kingdom from outsiders.