Naukratis

Naukratis by Petrie

Naukratis, as well spelled Naucratis, ancient Greek colony in the Nile River delta, on the Canopic (western) break of the river. An emporion (trading station) with individual trading compensates in Egypt, Naukratis was the centre of cultural dealings between Greece and Egypt in the pre-Hellenistic period. The station was established by Milesians in the 7th century bc, but Greeks from other cities too settled there. It expanded throughout the basic period but refused after Alexanders seduction of Egypt and the foundation of Alexandria (332).

The situation of Naukratis was discovered in 1884 by W.M. Flinders Petrie and excavated by Petrie and Ernest Gardner (1884, 86) and by D.G. Hogarth (1899, 1903). They exposed dedications to immortals and Greek pottery that threw gentle on the early history of the Greek ABC's and the commercial natural action of different Greek states, especially in the 6th century bc.

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