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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Label Occurrences
Sais canonical 36
Sais (probable) 1

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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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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