SUDAN, MEROE: Meroë (Meroitic: Medewi or Bedewi) is an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near S

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SUDAN, MEROE: Meroë (Meroitic: Medewi or Bedewi) is an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi, approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum. Near the site are a group of villages called Bagrawiyah. This city was the capital of the Kingdom of Kush for several centuries. Now you can see some of the restored pyramids and also ruins.

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Location: Meroe, Shendi, Nahr an-Nil, Sudan
Photo credit: © Claudia Wiens / Alamy / Afripics
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