INaucratis NgesiGrike lithetha "lowo ulawula iinqanawa", sisixeko okanye I-emporium yamaGrike kwi-Egypt yakudalaNgamanye amagama, liziko lezorhwebo, okwangoku sisixeko esibhodlokileyo.
Ndaye kwi nile delta, kwingalo yeCanopus, i-72 km. emazantsi-mpuma eAlexandria.
Esi sixeko sasibaluleke kakhulu kuba yayiyikoloni yokuqala yorhwebo yamaGrike kumhlaba wase-Egypt. Kukho amathandabuzo malunga nokuba ngubani owayephethe ukunika esi sixeko amaGrike, kukholelwa ukuba yayinguFaro Psammetico I ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX BC, okanye uAhmose II kwinkulungwane ye-XNUMX BC.
Kwaye kwathiwa phambi kwesixeko saseNaucratis bekukho umzi-mveliso, (iifektri zorhwebo nedolophu enkulu ekude), abemi bevela eMileto. Uninzi lwabemi yayingamaGrike awayekwiinqaba zaseDaphnae.
UHerodotus waya kude athi ixesha elide yayilelona zibuko ligunyazisiweyo kumlambo iNayile, bonke oomatiloshe abafuna ukuya kumbindi wase-Egypt kufuneka badlule Izibuko laseNaucratis. Yayisesona sibuko sibalulekileyo de amaPersi asoyisa isixeko, kodwa xa isixeko sase IAlexandria ngo-331 BC izibuko lalingasabalulekanga kwaye laba sesekondari.
Kwakungowe-1884 kuphela apho ummbi wezinto zakudala uFlinders Petrie wafumanisa Isixeko saseNaucratis Kwaye kwaqala ngokumba, apho iiseramikhi ezininzi zamaGrike kunye neetempile zafunyanwa zizukisa oothixo bamaGrike, ngezi ziphumo kwaqinisekiswa ukuba isixeko besikuloo ndawo. Uninzi lwezinto ezifunyenwe ekumbeni zilahlekile okanye zisasazeke kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zehlabathi.