The Meroitic language (/ mɛroʊˈɪtɪk /) was a language of uncertain linguistic affiliation spoken in Meroë (in present-day Sudan) during the Meroitic period (attested from 300 BC) and became …

Meroitic language, extinct language used in the ancient city known to the Greeks as Meroe and the area surrounding the city (now in Sudan). The language was used from about 200 bce until …

The Meroïtic alphabet was derived from ancient Egyptian writing sometime during the 4th century BC in around 315 BC. A cursive form developed in 185 BC and the alphabet was used until …

The Meroitic language, despite its name, was not limited to the Kingdom of Meroe. It was previously thought that the language appeared in some form during the first Kingdom of …

The Meroitic Period refers to a significant era in ancient Nubia that lasted from approximately 300 BCE to 350 CE, characterized by the rise of the Kingdom of Meroe as a powerful state.

3 days ago · The Meroitic Script was used in the Kingdom of Kush beginning in the 3rd Century BCE, or the Meroitic Period, and had two forms, Meroitic Cursive and Meroitic hieroglyphs.

The language of the Kushite empire from the 2nd millennium BC to the 4th century AD is commonly called Meroitic from the name of one of the royal cities, Meroe, located between the …

Monumental inscriptions were traditionally written in the hieroglyphic script but, from the second century BC onwards, the use of the native language of the Kushite Kingdom, Meroitic, became …

Meroitic, adj. & n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

The Meroitic language (/ mɛroʊˈɪtɪk /) was a language of uncertain linguistic affiliation spoken in Meroë (in present-day Sudan) during the Meroitic period (attested from 300 BC) and became …