Meroë (/ˈmɛroʊiː/; also spelled Meroe; Meroitic: Medewi; Arabic: مرواه, romanized: Meruwah and مروي, Meruwi; Ancient Greek: Μερόη, romanized: Meróē) was...

The Pyramids of Meroë are a large number of Nubian pyramids, encompassing three cemeteries near the ancient city of Meroë. The Meroë pyramids date to the...

Meroë Park (born December 1, 1966) is an American former intelligence official who served as Executive Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)...

The Meroë Head, or Head of Augustus from Meroë, is a larger-than-life-size bronze head depicting the first Roman emperor, Augustus, that was found in the...

"Queen Mother". A legend in the Alexander romance claims that "Candace of Meroë" fought Alexander the Great. In fact, Alexander never attacked Nubia and...

and "Beg." stands for Begrawiyah (Meroë). "Beg. N" and "Beg. S" refer to the northern and southern cemeteries of Meroë, respectively. El-Kurru, Nuri, and...

citizens of Napata and Meroë. There are 4 main sites in which these pyramids hold prominence: El-Kurru, Nuri, Jebel Barkal, and Meroe. The first three sites...

severing of ties with Egypt, the Kushite imperial capital was located at Meroë, during which time it was known by the Greeks as Aethiopia. From the third...

Meroe Island is an island of India. The island belongs to the township of Great Nicobar of Little Nicobar Taluk. This island is known for its rich fish...

Butana was known as the "Island of Meroë" when it was part of the Kushitic kingdom of Meroë. The city of Meroë was about halfway between Atbarah and...

other Ethiopians." Together, Musawwarat es-Sufra, Naqa, and Meroë formed the Island of Meroe. The town's importance gradually increased from the beginning...

possibly Akinidad. The excavation of Meroë (Nubia) was funded by the Sudan Excavation Committee. After the Meroë Head’s discovery, it was gifted to the...

for naming years. Sappho returns from exile in Sicily (or 594 BC). Napata is sacked by the Egyptians and the Kushite capital relocates to Meroë. v t e...

destroyed the kingdom of Meroë, others say that archaeological evidence points to an economic and political decline in Meroë around 300. Moreover, some...

from Syene to Meroë is five thousand stadia. And when you have proceeded about three thousand stadia in a straight line south of Meroë, the country is...

soldier turned treasure hunter, who robbed and desecrated the pyramids of Meroë. Born in Bologna, in 1815 he travelled across Greece, and later he reached...

to West Africa from Meroë's iron smelteries. Relations between Meroë and Egypt were not always peaceful. As a response to Meroë's incursions into Upper...

László Mérő (born Budapest, 11 December 1949) is a Hungarian research psychologist and popular science author. He has Jewish ancestry. He is a lecturer...

Kushites formed the kingdom of Meroë, which was ruled by a series of legendary Candaces or Queens. Mythically, the Candace of Meroë was able to intimidate Alexander...

Nubian pyramids were constructed on three major sites: El-Kurru, Nuri, and Meroë. More pyramids were constructed and for the longest time in Nubia than in...

at Meroë and the Amun temple at Napata after it was demolished by the Romans. Reservoirs for the retention of water also were constructed at Meroë during...

BC. Finally, Napata was losing its role of economic capital to Meroë. The island of Meroë, the peninsula formed by the Nile and the Atbarah River, was an...

derives from Latin Meroē, corresponding to Greek Μερόη. These latter names are representations of the name of the royal city of Meroë of the Kingdom of...

dictionary. Meroitic may refer to: things related to the city and kingdom of Meroë in pre-Islamic Sudan Meroitic alphabet Meroitic language This disambiguation...

naming years. An Egyptian force sacks Napata, compelling the Cushite court to move to a safer location at Meroë near the Nile's sixth cataract. v t e...

name attributed to a Kushite queen regnant buried in pyramid Beg N. 11 in Meroë. Nahirqo is the earliest known woman to have ruled the Kingdom of Kush,...

number of amulets, all created by the best craftsmen of the Kingdom of Meroë These pieces are now in the Egyptian Museum of Berlin and in the Egyptian...

Wiener. Burstein, Stanley M. 1993. “The Hellenistic Fringe: The Case of Meroë.” In Hellenistic History and Culture, edited by Peter Green, 38–66. Berkeley:...

Tiberius (b. 36 BC) Amanitore, Nubian Queen Regnant of the Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë Robert K. Sherk, ed. (1984). Rome and the Greek East to the death of Augustus...

and throughout classical antiquity, the Nubian kingdom was centered at Meroë in the modern-day nation of Sudan. Cush's sons were Nimrod, Seba, Havilah...