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Meroë

Or Mer·o·we

[mer-oh-ee]

noun

  1. a ruined city in Sudan, on the Nile, NE of Khartoum: a capital of ancient Ethiopia that was destroyed a.d. c350.



Meroë

/ ˈmɛrəʊˌiː /

noun

  1. 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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It is Merowe, about 200 miles north of Khartoum, not Meroe, which is 125 miles north of Khartoum.

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Its subsidiary, Meroe Gold, is one of Africa's biggest gold producers.

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In one case, a bronze of the Emperor Augustus from around 25 B.C. was decapitated by Kushite raiders in Egypt, who then defiantly buried the severed head beneath temple steps in the Kushite capital of Meroë, in modern Sudan.

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On April 13, the RSF deployed forces closer to a military air base in the northern town of Meroe, where Egyptian troops were conducting an exercise with the Sudanese military, according to Egyptian authorities.

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The US Treasury alleges that M Invest and a subsidiary group, Meroe Gold, are fronts for the activities of the Wagner Group in Sudan, Africa's third-biggest gold producer.

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