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Ruins of Sais Sais (Ancient Egyptian: 𓊃𓅭𓄿𓅱𓊖, romanized: Zꜣw; Ancient Greek: Σάϊς, romanized: Sáïs; Latin: Sais; Coptic: Ⲥⲁⲓ, romanized: Sai) was an ancient Egyptian city in the Western Nile Delta on the Canopic branch of the Nile, It was the provincial capital of Sap-Meh, the fifth nome of Lower Egypt and became the seat of power during the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt (c. 732–720 BC) and the Saite Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (664–525 BC) during the Late Period. On its ruins today stands the town of Sa el-Hagar (Egyptian Arabic: صا الحجر) or Sa El Hajar.
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