Where was the city of Sais?
The city of Sais in the Nile delta of Egypt is central to our knowledge of the whole Atlantis saga. It was here that priests from the Temple of Neith (the equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena) explained to Solon the story of Atlantis. Solon later took back the story to Athens where it was published in Platos Timaeus and Critias. Another Greek visitor to Sais was a personage named Crantor who backed up Solons account with his own observation that the priests of Sais had shown him pillars decorated with an inscribed history of Atlantis. Centre of culture. In his book History of Atlantis author Lewis Spence makes the following comments: It is of course well known that Sais, where Solon heard the story of Atlantis was a city closely associated with Greece. It was indeed, a centre of Greek culture. Unique legacy. The central link between this exchange was made possible by the close bond of a shared deity. Lewis Spence describes it thus: The intercourse between Sais and Athens was especial
