Sais, Egypt
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Sais or San el-Hagar was a town in the Western Nile Delta. It was the provincial capital of the fifth nome of Lower Egypt and became the seat of power during the Twenty-fourth dynasty of Egypt and the Saite Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt during the Late Period.[1] Its Ancient Egyptian name was Zau. Sais' "patron goddess was Neith, whose cult is attested as early as the 1st Dynasty."[2] There are today no surviving traces of this town prior to the Late New Kingdom (c.1100 BC) due to the extensive destruction of the city by the Sebakhin (farmers removing mud brick deposits for use as fertiliser) leaving only a few relief blocks in situ.[3]
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