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Meroë

Ancient city from Nubia along the eastern bank of the Nile River in Northern Sudan

Placeancient city historical countryQ5780

Also known as Meroe · Ahramat Bagrawiya

Country: Sudan
Located in: River Nile
Area: 1,718.03 ha
Founded: 25th century BCE

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Meroë was an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km (3.7 mi) north-east of the Kabushiya station, which is 35 km (22 mi) north-east of Shendi, Sudan, about 200 km north-east of Khartoum. Near the site is a group of villages called Bagrawiyah. This city was the capital of the Kingdom of Kush for several centuries from around 590 BC, until its collapse in the 4th century AD. The Kushitic Kingdom of Meroë gave its name to the "Island of Meroë", which was the modern region of Butana, a region bounded by the Nile, the Atbarah and the Blue Nile.

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Different from: Merowe
Culture: Ancient Egypt
Dissolved: 15th century BCE
Time period: Meroitic era

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16.9351, 33.7507OpenStreetMap ↗

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