Rhacotis
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rhacotis-166-5239960
title:
Rhacotis
text:
Rhacotis was the name for a city on the northern coast of Egypt at the site of Alexandria. Classical sources from the Greco-Roman era in both Ancient Greek and the Egyptian language suggest Rhacotis as an older name for Alexandria before the arrival of Alexander the Great. 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 descri
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Ancient city in Egypt
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhacotis
date created:
2006-04-22T17:53:12Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T18:37:48Z
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