Meroe

settlement · 550 BC – 2100 AD

Meroë is an ancient city located on the east bank of the Nile river near Shendi, Sudan. The city was a center of the kingdom of Kush.

Coordinates

16.93686, 33.71192

Also known as

Bedewe (xmr), Begrawiya (ara), Meroe, Meróē (grc), Meroeh, Merowe, Meroé, Meroë, Meroë (en), Meroė, Meróe, Méroé (fra), ahramat mrwy, mai luo ai, melo-e, mero'i, Μεροή (grc), Μερόη (ell), Μερόη (grc), مرواه‎‎ (ara), მეროე, Ⲡⲉⲣⲟⲩⲉ (cop)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)
• GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
  © GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)

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