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Pharaohs and the Greeks
Chapter VIII
Between Empires

Pharaohs and the Greeks

Strangers on the Nile

Egypt revives under the kings of Sais, and the Greeks arrive — hired soldiers guarding the Delta, merchants building the trading city of Naucratis. Herodotus sails up the Nile and writes down its wonders: the first great meeting of the Greek and Egyptian worlds.
Invoking the sacred fire...