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The twin steles are identical in 14 columns of hieroglyphs except in column 13, where the stele's location is named. The steles were erected shortly after
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213:Stele of Naukratis, being retrieved. (Plus
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58:The location of the temple was near the
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198:Egypt's Sunken Treasures
249:Ancient Egyptian stelas
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