Naukratis: Quick Facts

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Valley of the Kings Abu Simbel Thebes Ṣaqqārah Tell el-Amarna Abydos Dayr al-Baḥrī Per Ramessu Bubastis Oxyrhynchus

Flag of Egypt with horizontal red, white, and black stripes and a gold eagle centered on the white stripe.

Egypt

country, Africa

The Parthenon stands atop the Acropolis hill in Athens, Greece, surrounded by ancient stone walls and ruins, with city buildings and a distant hill in the background.

ancient Greek civilization

historical region, Eurasia

Key People

Sir Flinders Petrie, detail of an oil painting by George Frederic Watts, 1900; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Sir Flinders Petrie

British archaeologist

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Athenaeus

Greek grammarian and author

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Julius Pollux

Greek scholar and rhetorician

Marble bust of Alexander the Great, in the British Museum, London, England. Hellenistic Greek, 2nd-1st century BC. Said to be from Alexandria, Egypt. Height: 37 cm.

Ancient Greece

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

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