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Canopus was the site of a temple to the Egyptian god Serapis. [1]The name of Canopus appears in the first half of the 6th century BC in a poem by Solon. [9] Early Egyptological excavations some 2 or 3 km from the area known today as Abu Qir have revealed extensive traces of the city with its quays, and granite monuments with the name of Ramesses II, but they may have been brought in for the ...
Map indicating location of Naucratis—the Nile delta has shifted since ancient days; the city was situated directly on the Canopic (westernmost) branch. The first report of Greeks in 7th century BC Egypt is a story in the Histories of Herodotus of Ionian and Carian pirates forced by storm to land on or near the Nile Delta.
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.
Ruins of Sais. Sais (Ancient Greek: Σάϊς, Coptic: Ⲥⲁⲓ) was an ancient Egyptian city in the Western Nile Delta on the Canopic branch of the Nile, [1] known by the ancient Egyptians as Sꜣw. [2]
NASA satellite photograph of the Nile Delta (shown in false color) The Nile Delta at night as seen from the ISS in October 2010.. The Nile Delta (Arabic: دلتا النيل, Delta an-Nīl or simply الدلتا, ad-Delta) is the delta formed in Lower Egypt where the Nile River spreads out and drains into the Mediterranean Sea. [1]
The Canopic branch subsequently declined and eventually became closed. [ 2 ] Land in the area of Canopus was subject to rising sea levels, earthquakes, tsunamis , and large parts of it seem to have already succumbed to soil liquefaction sometime at the end of the 2nd century BC, [ 3 ] becoming submerged.
In October 2023, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in Egypt announced the discovery of a cemetery in al-Gurifa archaeological area at Tuna el-Gebel, dated back to the New Kingdom, containing sarcophagi, canopic jars, ushabtis, among other items, including a 15-metre-long "Book of the Dead" papyrus.
It was located on the Canopic branch of the Nile river, 45 mi (72 km) from the open sea. It was the first and, for much of its early history, the only permanent Greek colony in Egypt; acting as a symbiotic nexus for the interchange of Greek and Egyptian art and culture.