Naucratis

Naucratis
/naw"kreuh tis/, n.
an ancient Greek city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta. Greek, Naukratis.

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Ancient Greek settlement, in Egypt's Nile River delta.

It was founded in the 7th century BC and flourished as a centre of trade and cultural relations between Greece and Egypt. It declined after Alexander the Great's conquest of Egypt and the founding of Alexandria in 332 BC. In 1884 archaeologist Flinders Petrie discovered the site and helped excavate it.

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