Talk:Rhacotis

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A fact from Rhacotis appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 July 2017 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Rhacotis, the Egyptian predecessor of Alexandria, may have been a thriving city centuries before the birth of Alexander?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2017/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Rhacotis.

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-= Prior History =-

In the days of Ramses II, this city was previously called Karbanis.

The name Rhacotis, read as a theophoric name(where the ra moves to the end), becomes Gadirus. The meaning of this word is boundary. This term may appear in Plato's writings, which he attributes to Solon in the days of Amasis, attesting to this city name around 570BC.

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