-1 101 Z Meroe was the capital of Meroitic state from early 3rd century BC to early 4th century AD. It was much larger than any other Meroitic city, covering about 260 hectares in total. Several areas of the city have been excavated including temples, a palace enclosure, a royal bath, the ordinary people's cemetery and the royal cemetery.
#Meroe
8 101 X Meroe was the capital of Meroitic state from early 3rd century BC to early 4th century AD. It was much larger than any other Meroitic city, covering about 260 hectares in total. Several areas of the city have been excavated including temples, a palace enclosure, a royal bath, the ordinary people's cemetery and the royal cemetery.
#Meroe
2 102 A The Temple of Amun was 450 feet long and approached through a small shrine. Constructed of bricks, the Temple was divided into an outer hall, a middle hall with a small stone shrine, small courtyards and a sanctuary and a hall of columns.
#Temple of Amun, Plan of the Temple of Amun
9 101 x The Sun Temple was enclosed by a red-brick wall and was entered by a stone-faced doorway. A large solar disc found in a wall of the central sanctuary gave the Sun temple its name, although it may not actually have been connected with the sun god. A large earthen reservoir, the 'hafir', stood nearby.
#Sun Temple, Plan of Sun Temple - optional
6 102 B The rulers of Meroe chose to be buried beneath pyramids that owed their origin to Egypt, even though Egyptian Pharaohs had not been buried beneath such monuments for many centuries.
#Pyramids, Pyramid of Queen Amanishakheto
4 102 D Iron production was very important to the economy of the Meroitic state and to supply the Meroitic war machine. Huge slag heaps at Meroe are testimony to the massive scale of iron making that took place.
#Iron slag heaps, Iron arrowheads and shears - optional
3 101 X Huge mounds, mostly still unexcavated, covered with fragments of red brick, show the location of residential centres within the large area covered by the town.
#Mounds
1 101 X Two small statues of Isis suggest that the columned temples found here were dedicated to that goddess.
#Isis Statues
5 101 X The earliest of the three non-royal cemeteries. Rich grave goods show that possession of luxury objects was not confined to the Meroitic kings. Later burials were often placed on wooden beds in large burial chambers.
