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Mer·o·ë

also Mer·o·we  (mĕr′ō-ē′)
An ancient city of northern Sudan on the Nile River northeast of Khartoum. The capital of a Cushite dynasty from 530 bc to ad 350, it was noted for its iron smelting and casting.
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Meroë

(ˈmɛrəʊˌiː)
n
(Placename) an ancient city in N Sudan, on the Nile; capital of a kingdom that flourished from about 700 bc to about 350 ad
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Mer•o•ë

(ˈmɛr oʊˌi)

n.
a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed A.D. c350.
Mer′o•ite` (-oʊˌaɪt) n.
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Nine of the 19 papers are from the Wadi Abu Dom Itinerary (WADI) survey project, and include such topics as so-called gravel beds: assessing function through experiments, and from the Late Meroitic to the Makurian Period: first results of excavations at cemetery sites in the Wadi Abu Dom.
Kandaka, kadake or kentake, often Latinised as Candace, was the Meroitic language term for "queen" or possibly "royal woman".
Francis and King Kamel Al Ayyuobi - a meroitic event in the legend of "Legenda Major" - and on the other side a Latin inscription about the papal visit.
Leaving the city, I travel 200km north to visit historical sites belonging to the Meroitic civilisation, a wealthy culture thriving between 750BC and 350AD.
The glory days of Meroitic wealth may be a chapter in Sudan's past, but its riches shine through in so NEED TO KNOW | SARAH MARSHALL visited Sudan as a guest of Cox & Kings, who offer a four-night private trip to Sudan from PS1,850 per person (based on two sharing), including three nights' B&B at the five-star Corinthia Hotel and one night full-board at Meroe Camp.
This picture taken on April 24, 2018, shows Meroitic pyramids at the archaeological site of Bajarawiya, near Hillat ed Darqab, some 250 kilometers northeast of Khartoum (AFP / ASHRAF SHAZLY/ Manila Bulletin)
At the time of their exploration by archaeologists in the 19th and 20th centuries, some pyramids were found to contain the remains of bows, quivers of arrows, archers' thumb rings, horse harnesses, wooden boxes, furniture, pottery, colored glass, metal vessels, and many other artifacts attesting to extensive Meroitic trade with Egypt and the Hellenistic world.
The Peopling of Ancient Egypt and the Deciphering of Meroitic Script.
Hassan Hussein, the Medal of Scientific Research in the archeology and history field, on the sidelines of the World Scientific Conference which is currently being held in Prague (Czech), on the Meroitic Civilization research, with a participation of a Sudanese delegation of researchers in the archaeological field.