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Takideamani
Takideamani was a Nubian king who probably reigned in the second or third century AD. So far he is only known from the pyramid Beg. N 29 in Meroë. His name is documented there in Meroitic hieroglyphs on an offering table. His parents are also named there. His father's name was Adeqetali and his mother's name was Napatadakheto. The offering table is now in Berlin. References Kings of Kush {{Africa-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyramids Of Meroë
The Pyramids of Meroë are part of the larger group of Nubian pyramids, built at the time of the Kushite Kingdom over a period close to a millennium. Near Meroë, three royal cemeteries were constructed: * South Cemetery features nine royal pyramids. Four of the pyramids belonged to Kings and five belonged to queens. One hundred and ninety-five other tombs complete the cemetery. * North cemetery contains forty-one royal pyramids. Thirty belonged to kings, six to queens and five to other royals. The cemetery has three more non-royal tombs for a total of forty-four. * West cemetery is a non-royal site. It contains some one hundred and thirteen tombs.G. A. Reisner, The Meroitic Kingdom of Ethiopia: A Chronological Outline, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 9, No. 1/2 (Apr., 1923), pp. 34–77 On 8 September 2020, the pyramids were threatened for the first time by floods. Southern Cemetery at Begarawiyah The southern cemetery is the burial place of the Meroitic side of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meroitic Language
The Meroitic language () was spoken in Meroë (in present-day Sudan) during the Meroitic period (attested from 300 BCE) and became extinct about 400 CE. It was written in two forms of the Meroitic alphabet: Meroitic Cursive, which was written with a stylus and was used for general record-keeping; and Meroitic Hieroglyphic, which was carved in stone or used for royal or religious documents. It is poorly understood, owing to the scarcity of bilingual texts. Name Meroitic is an extinct language also referred to in some publications as Kushite after the apparent attested endoethnonym Meroitic ''qes'', ''qos'' (transcribed in Egyptian as ''kꜣš''). The name ''Meroitic'' in English dates to 1852 where it occurs as a translation of German . The term derives from Latin , corresponding to Greek . These latter names are representations of the name of the royal city of Meroë of the Kingdom of Kush. In Meroitic, this city is referred to as ''bedewe'' (or sometimes ''bedewi''), which is r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
