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  2. Canopus, Egypt - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Naucratis - Wikipedia

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    Naucratis or Naukratis (Ancient Greek: Ναύκρατις, "Naval Command"; [1] Egyptian: njwt-kꜣrṯ, nskꜣrṯ, pr-mryt, [2] Coptic: Ⲡⲓⲉⲙⲣⲱ Piemro [citation needed]) 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.

  4. Decree of Nectanebo I - Wikipedia

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    The location of the temple was near the Canopic branch of the Nile River, in the eastern Nile Delta of Lower Egypt. Accordingly, steles were erected at two locations as statements to curry political favor with the priesthood, and possibly the populace.

  5. Nile Delta - Wikipedia

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    Ancient branches of the Nile, showing Wadi Tumilat, and the lakes east of the Delta. People have lived in the Nile Delta region for thousands of years, and it has been intensively farmed for at least the last five thousand years. The delta was a major constituent of Lower Egypt, and there are many archaeological sites in and around the delta. [6]

  6. Newly mapped lost branch of the Nile could help solve long ...

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    A now-extinct stretch of the Nile once flowed near Egypt’s Great Pyramid and likely played a key role in the construction of ancient monuments, according to new research.

  7. New research could solve the mystery behind the construction ...

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    More than 30 pyramids in Egypt, including in Giza, may have been built along a branch of the Nile that has long since disappeared, a new study suggests. New research could solve the mystery behind ...

  8. Sais, Egypt - Wikipedia

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    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]

  9. Archaeologists Dove Beneath the Nile and Found a Surprise ...

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    Aswan, located along the Nile on the southern frontier of Egypt, was was a major supplier of granite to the rest of the country for use in temples and pyramids. It was also a key military outpost ...