| Thousands of years ago, Meroe was a thriving hub of trade and home to some 25,000 residents. |
|
| The proximity of Panchrysia, the golden Berenice, permitted also Meroe to play a role of intermediary favorable to its interests in dealing gold. |
|
| These independent kingdoms were constituted on the ruins of the kingdom of Meroe. |
|
| In the middle of IVth century A. D., the Ethiopian king of Axum, Ezana, invaded the kingdom of Meroe. |
|
| The pyramids of Meroe await a day when stability will allow outsiders to peek at a forgotten ancient kingdom. |
|
| Circa 21 B. C.: Victorious expedition of the Roman general Caïus Petronius against the kingdom of Meroe. |
|
| Queen Candace as a matter of fact ruled in Meroe and was queen of Nubia and not of Abyssinia. |
|
| This name known as far as the Greek period could be due to the proximity of the tomb of a princess born in Meroe. |
|
| The same earthquake had destroyed the dams and ramparts in Meroe, allowing the rivers to drown the city on the monsoon season. |
|
| However there are indices that this dynasty of kings originated from Meroe, 200 km far to South. |
|
| A third example is the Meroitic language of ancient Meroe in Ancient Nubia. |
|
| One of his projects resulted in a new road from Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, to the monuments at Meroe. |
|
| The Kushite capital was then transferred to Meroe, where the Kushite kingdom survived for another 900 years. |
|
| Meroe was the southern administrative centre for the kingdom of Cush, beginning about 750 bc, at a time when Napata was still its capital. |
|
| Also listed are the pyramids of Meroe and sites nearby including Musawwarat es Sufra and Naqa. |
|
| The northern necropolis of Meroe yielded a wine vessel in the form of an Amazon figure riding a rearing horse and holding a pouring vessel of the type called rhyton. |
|
| The presence of two fragments of Axumite inscriptions and one coin at Meroe certainly suggests that the Axumites were in the area. |
|
| At the crossroads of the commercial routes of the Mediterranean world and, of Sub-Saharan Africa, the kingdoms of Napata and Meroe regain the monopoly over the exchanges. |
|
| Also listed are the pyramids of Meroe and nearby sites including Naqa and Musawwarat es Sufra. |
|
| According to ancient authors the territory of the kingdom of Meroe was encircled by three rivers: the Blue Nile on the South, the White Nile on the West and its affluent the Atbara River on the North-East. |
|
|
|
| Located 50 km south of the capital Meroe, Muweis is a middle sized city of 16 ha which comprises two fairly dense residential areas, an industrial area and a city centre occupied by temples, civil buildings and palaces. |
|
| After years of preparation and several site visits, the Louvre Museum inaugurated a large exhibition on one of the most brilliant periods in the history of the Sudan: the Kingdom of Meroe. |
|
| The kingdom of Meroe, delimited by the Atbara river, the White Nile and the Blue Nile, corresponds therefore to a displacement toward the southeast of the Napatean civilization. |
|
| The main part of the necropolis dates from 400-300 BC, at the end of the Napatan era, which was followed by the 700-year reign of the Meroe kingdom. |
|
