Egypt
New York Times (Souren Melikian)
- Remains Of Anicent Palace Discovered In Meroe
LiveScience (Owen Jarus) Hidden beneath an ancient palace in what is now central Sudan, archaeologists have discovered the oldest building in the city of Meroë, a structure that also may have housed royalty. The capital of a vast empire that flourished...
- Exhibition Review: Méroé, Un Empire Sur Le Nil
Al Ahram Weekly (David Tresilian) A detailed review of the exhibition. A spring exhibition at the Louvre in Paris is throwing unexpected light on the ancient history of Sudan, writes David Tresilian Housed in the temporary exhibition space in the Richelieu...
- Exhibition: The Great African Meroë Empire At The Louvre
afrik.com (Shahinez Benabed) With Meroitic timeline. Meroë is one of the great kingdoms of ancient Sudan. Perched next to it was Egypt, another, great kingdom. For several centuries, especially the late period and during the reign of Cleopatra, Meroë...
- Newly Discovered Sudan Statues Show Ancient Script
BBC News Three ancient statues, engraved with a little-understood sub-Saharan language, have been unearthed in Sudan. The ram statues symbolise the god Amun, and include the first discovery of a complete royal dedication in Meroitic script, only found...
- Archaeology At Meroe
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/219734 "More royal pyramids stand in the deserts of northern Sudan than in all of Egypt. For 3,000 years, a succession of African civilizations rose and fell along the Nile River in ancient Nubia, at one point expanding...
Egypt
The Mysteries of Meroe
New York Times (Souren Melikian)
Agatha Christie could have invented the story. Imagine another Egypt, with a marked black African component. This is Meroe, in present-day Sudan. In art, ancient Egyptian deities appear alongside others, unknown elsewhere. The Meroitic cursive script has been deciphered, revealing that it transcribes an African language. It is related to others spoken today, like Taman in parts of Darfur and Chad, Nyima in the Sudanese Nuba mounts, or Nubian in upper Egypt and Sudan. For the moment though, it is only beginning to be partially understood. Go see the latest on “Méroé, un empire sur le Nil” at the Louvre until Sept. 6.
In the last three years, archaeological discoveries have given a new face to an enigmatic culture that already intrigued Western explorers 250 years ago. In 1772, the Scotsman James Bruce caught sight of broken obelisks and barely discernible traces of pyramids as he traveled back from the source of the Blue Nile. These, he reckoned, had to be the remains of Meroe, known to Ancient Greek historians.
It was the Frenchman Frédéric Caillaud who, on the morning of April 25, 1822, first saw “a host of pyramids.” He accurately drew and described these in his book “A Trip to Meroe on the White River,” published in 1826. The consequences were disastrous. Antique hunters rushed to loot the site.
In 1834, Giuseppe Ferlini destroyed several pyramid.
- Remains Of Anicent Palace Discovered In Meroe
LiveScience (Owen Jarus) Hidden beneath an ancient palace in what is now central Sudan, archaeologists have discovered the oldest building in the city of Meroë, a structure that also may have housed royalty. The capital of a vast empire that flourished...
- Exhibition Review: Méroé, Un Empire Sur Le Nil
Al Ahram Weekly (David Tresilian) A detailed review of the exhibition. A spring exhibition at the Louvre in Paris is throwing unexpected light on the ancient history of Sudan, writes David Tresilian Housed in the temporary exhibition space in the Richelieu...
- Exhibition: The Great African Meroë Empire At The Louvre
afrik.com (Shahinez Benabed) With Meroitic timeline. Meroë is one of the great kingdoms of ancient Sudan. Perched next to it was Egypt, another, great kingdom. For several centuries, especially the late period and during the reign of Cleopatra, Meroë...
- Newly Discovered Sudan Statues Show Ancient Script
BBC News Three ancient statues, engraved with a little-understood sub-Saharan language, have been unearthed in Sudan. The ram statues symbolise the god Amun, and include the first discovery of a complete royal dedication in Meroitic script, only found...
- Archaeology At Meroe
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/219734 "More royal pyramids stand in the deserts of northern Sudan than in all of Egypt. For 3,000 years, a succession of African civilizations rose and fell along the Nile River in ancient Nubia, at one point expanding...