New Kingdom Town of Sai Island

fort · 1548 BC – 2099 AD

Located on the eastern side of Sai Island in the Nile River, remains of an orthogonal fortified settlement have been dated to the Egyptian New Kingdom, part of a long history of habitation of the island, both before and after.

Coordinates

20.73733, 30.33165

Also known as

Sai City (en), Sai City (en), Šꜣꜥ.t (egy-mdcegyp), Šꜣꜥ.t, Schaat, Shaât (egy-mdcegyp)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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