- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:13, 8 July 2017 (UTC)
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Rhacotis
edit- ... that an Egyptian "building yard" preceded the mighty city of Alexandria? Source: Mark Depauw, "Alexandria, the Building Yard"; Chronique d'Egypte 75(149), pp. 64–65. doi:10.1484/J.CDE.2.309126; see also Chaveau 1998 which is online.
- ALT1:... that Rhacotis, the Egyptian predecessor of Alexandra, may have been a thriving city centuries before Alexander's birth? Source: A. Véron, J. P. Goiran, C. Morhange, N. Marriner, & J. Y. Empereur, "Pollutant lead reveals the pre-Hellenistic occupation and ancient growth of Alexandria, Egypt"; Geophysical Research Letters 33(6), 2006.
- ALT2:... that Rhacotis, name of Alexandria's Egyptian predecessor, appears both in Egyptian hieroglyphics and in Greek?
5x expanded by Groupuscule (talk). Self-nominated at 04:29, 16 June 2017 (UTC).
5x expansion checks out (exactly 5x!), no copyvios, article appears neutral and is well cited. All hooks check out, and I'd suggest ALT1 as the most interesting. Awaiting QPQ. Daß Wölf 21:41, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
- Thank you for the review, User:Daß Wölf, and I apologize for the delay in completing my quid pro quo. groupuscule (talk) 16:03, 26 June 2017 (UTC)
