abstract:Rhacotis, Egyptian (𓂋𓏤𓂝𓀨𓏏𓊖) Râ-Kedet, Greek Ῥακῶτις, was the original name of the city of Alexandria on the northern coast of Egypt, before it was renamed by Alexander the Great. Rhacotis, unlike the ports of the Nile Delta, was reliably accessible to large ships, and enough water for a city could be supplied by a canal.