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Naucratis

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Nau·cra·tis  (nôkr-ts)
An ancient city of Egypt in the Nile River delta southeast of Alexandria. Greek colonists probably settled here in the seventh century b.c.

Naucratis [ˈnɔːkrətɪs]
n
(Placename) an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta: founded in the 7th century bc


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As the seaborne trade developed, they stored their products in Northern Africa, in a city called Naucratis to sell olive and olive oil to the whole world.
They {Phocaeans} took part in the activities of Naucratis in Egypt, where Phocaea was one of the twelve Greek cities which shared the temple of Apollo {Frazer''s ''Golden Bough'' documented Plutarch and others knew Apollo and others were representations of Osiris and the rituals at his representational graves included burning people with ''Red Hair'') known as the Hellenium, dating from the time of the Pharaoh Amasis (c.
Numerous Greek states seem to have been allied at Naucratis as we showed and it would be logical to assume they were Hyksos/Phoenician a century before.
 
 
 
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