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...

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...

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

pyramids at Meroë Aerial Photographs of Sudan – A site featuring spectacular aerial photographs of the pyramids and temples at el-Kurru, Nuri, and Meroë Aerial...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

of Kush, ruling from Meroë in the first half of the 2nd century BCE. Tabirqo's name is known only from his tomb, Beg. N 9 in Meroë. Tabirqo's relationship...

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,...

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...

It has a similar shape to a backwards letter N. It flows northward from Meroë about 2700 stadia, then turns back to the south and the winter sunset for...

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

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...

coffin), Thebes (3rd century BC) Wall from a chapel of Queen Shanakdakhete, Meroë (c. 150 BC) Shrine of Ptolemy VII, Philae (c. 150 BC) Roman Period (30 BC...

Under King Ezana, Aksum responded with a large military force and plundered Meroë circa 350 AD. In the 5th century, Nubia split into three new kingdoms: Nobatia...

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...

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...