Sais

Title

grc Sais

grc Σάι

ara صا الحجر

ara Ṣa el-Ḥagar

egy Sȝw (Sȝy - Sy) - Ḥw.t-byt

cop ⲥⲁⲓ

Description

eng Sais was an ancient Egyptian town located in the Western Nile Delta on the Canopic branch of the Nile river. It served as the provincial capital of Sap-Meh, the fifth nome of Lower Egypt, and became a capital during the Twenty-fourth Dynasty (ca. 732–720 BC) as well as during the Late Period. Herodotus claimed that Osiris was buried at Sais. Other Greek authors, including Plato, maintained a connection between Sais and the goddess Athena.

Identifier

Pleiades - 727217

Trismegistos - 2072

Latitude

30.967149999999997

Longitude

30.774366999999998