Sais

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Sais was an ancient Egyptian city in the western Nile Delta that served as a significant religious and political center, especially prominent during the 26th (Saite) Dynasty.

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Generate an image of Sais (Sais was an ancient Egyptian city in the western Nile Delta that served as a significant religious and political center, especially prominent during the 26th (Saite) Dynasty.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sais canonical 85
Sais (disputed) 1
Sais (probable) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ancientName Sau ⓘ
Zau ⓘ
archaeologicalRemainsInclude inscribed blocks ⓘ
statues ⓘ
temple ruins ⓘ
associatedDynasty Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
cultCenterOf Neith ⓘ
culturalRole center of Neith theology ⓘ
important center in Late Period diplomacy ⓘ
declinedAfter Persian conquest of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Satrapy of Egypt
eraOfGreatestImportance 7th to 6th centuries BCE ⓘ
flourishedDuring Late Period of ancient Egypt ⓘ
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
governedBy pharaohs of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty ⓘ
hadStatus provincial capital in some periods ⓘ
hadTempleDedicatedTo Neith ⓘ
knownFor cult of the goddess Neith ⓘ
political prominence in the Late Period ⓘ
languageUsed Ancient Egyptian language ⓘ
laterLanguageUsed Coptic language ⓘ
linkedTo Saite artistic revival ⓘ
Saite political renaissance ⓘ
locatedIn Egypt ⓘ
Lower Egypt ⓘ
Nile Delta ⓘ
western Nile Delta ⓘ
majorDeity Neith ⓘ
modernNearbySettlement Sa el-Hagar ⓘ
notableRulerAssociated Amasis II ⓘ
Apries ⓘ
Necho II ⓘ
Psamtik I ⓘ
Psamtik II ⓘ
partOf ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
region western Nile Delta ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
servedAs political center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
timePeriod Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Saite Dynasty ⓘ
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ

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Referenced by (87)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lower Egypt → contains → Sais ⓘ
Neith → worshipCenter → Sais ⓘ
Saite Dynasty → capital → Sais ⓘ
Sau → alsoKnownAs → Sais ⓘ
Sau → historicalName → Sais ⓘ
Psamtik I → capital → Sais ⓘ
Psamtik I → birthPlace → Sais ⓘ
Psamtik I → deathPlace → Sais ⓘ
Psamtik I → burialPlace → Sais ⓘ
Apries → capital → Sais ⓘ
Apries → burialPlace → Sais (probable) ⓘ
linked to: Sais
Necho II → capital → Sais ⓘ
Psamtik II → capital → Sais ⓘ
Psamtik II → burialPlace → Sais ⓘ
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt → capital → Sais ⓘ
Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt → hasImportantSite → Sais ⓘ
Psamtik I → capital → Sais ⓘ
Amasis II → capital → Sais ⓘ
Amasis II → builtAt → Sais ⓘ
Zau → alsoKnownAs → Sais ⓘ
Amyrtaeus → capital → Sais ⓘ
Psamtik III → capitalCity → Sais ⓘ
Nectanebo II → capital → Sais ⓘ
Saite Egypt → capital → Sais ⓘ
Saite Egypt → namedAfter → Sais ⓘ
Tefnakht → ruledFrom → Sais ⓘ
Tefnakht → capital → Sais ⓘ
Bakenranef → reignedFrom → Sais ⓘ
Bakenranef → capital → Sais ⓘ
Iron Age Egypt → capital → Sais ⓘ