Meroitic language
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The Meroitic language is an extinct language of uncertain linguistic affiliation formerly spoken in Meroë during the Meroitic period and became extinct about 400 AD. It was written in two forms of the
Meroitic inscription (1st century BC), Egyptian Museum of Berlin
A hieroglyphic Meroitic inscription adorns this royal votive plaque of king Tanyidamani. It is from the temple of Apedemak in Meroë. Circa 100 BC, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Kingdom of Kush
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The Kingdom of Kush, also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.
Kushite heartland, and Kushite Empire of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt, c. 700 BC
Megaliths from Nabta Playa displayed in the Aswan Nubian museum
"A-Group" style, Nubian pottery, Musee du Louvre
Kerma bowl, 1700-1550 BC. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston