Naucratis

city of Ancient Egypt, on the Canopic branch of the Nile river
Organization archaeological_site Q137721
Naucratis
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Naucratis

Summary

Naucratis is an archaeological site[1]. Naucratis ranks in the top 6% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (189 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Naucratis is located in Beheira Governorate[3].
  • Naucratis is in the country of Egypt[4].
  • Naucratis's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[5].
  • Naucratis's instance of is recorded as ancient city[6].
  • Naucratis's instance of is recorded as polis[7].
  • Naucratis's Commons category is recorded as Naucratis[8].
  • Naucratis began on 700 BC[9].
  • Naucratis's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 30.9, 'longitude': 30.616667}[10].
  • Naucratis's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 30.90071, 'longitude': 30.591777}[11].
  • Naucratis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Naucratis[12].
  • Naucratis's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[13].
  • Naucratis's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Naucratis's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Naucratis's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • Naucratis's category for people born here is recorded as Q21173780[17].
  • Naucratis's native label is recorded as Ναύκρατις[18].
  • Naucratis sits at an elevation of {'amount': '-9'}[19].

Why It Matters

Naucratis ranks in the top 6% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (189 views/month).[2] Naucratis has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Naucratis is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4117780-0
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56499|batch #56499]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  2. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 4345
    Product or material produced → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 4345, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107286497|Naucratis (#107286497)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictiona"
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