NAUKRATIS

Greek name for a site in the fifth nomeof Lower Egypt that became a settlement for Greek merchants during Dynasty 26, probably founded by Psamtik I rather than Ahmose II, as stated in Herodotus, and that flourished into the Roman Period. It was excavated by Flinders Petrie in 1885; other British archaeologists in 1886, 1899, and 1903; and an American expedition from 1977–1978 and 1980–1983.