Nitria
Nitria was a Egyptian village and quarry located in the middle of Saqqara Nome.
The village is build around the quarry, which is the main source of natron for all of Egypt especially Memphis, which was used to dry the bodies of the death with during the embalming process.[1]
History
In 48 BCE, the Medjay, Bayek, was brought to the quarry by Nefertari, the chief healer of the village who had found Bayek outside the Bent Pyramid. When Bayek regain conscious, he left the village immediately, returning to Siwa without uttering a word to Nefertari.[2]
A few months later however, Bayek returned the village, intending to give his thanks to Nefertari for her help. Upon his return, he was kicked in the crotch by the widow of Rudjek, the Nomarch of the Saqqara Nome and a member of the Order of the Ancients that he had killed in the Bent Pyramid. Bayek was then made aware of an omen that plagued the village; shrines of Anubis were disrupted and villagers went missing attempting to restore them, workers also started sustaining injuries more often. Bayek was then given the role of restoring the shrines in and around Nitria, as a way of repaying Nefertari's favor.[2]
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