File Meroe Westfriedhof.JPG thumb right 300px The West Cemetery at Meroe Near Meroe 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 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. ref name Reisner 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 ref Southern Cemetery at Begarawiyah File Meroe S dfriedhof.JPG thumb right 300px The Southern Cemetery of Meroe The southern cemetery is the burial place of the Meroitic side of the royal family from ca 720 300 BCE. Towards the end the cemetery became the main royal burial site for the King s of Meroe . ref name Candace This cemetery contains several pyramids ref name Reisner Beg.S 1 Queen s pyramid anonymous Beg.S 2 Queen s pyramid anonymous Beg.S 3 Queen s pyramid anonymous Beg.S 4 King s sister, King s Mother, Kenreth Saleran? or Saluwa? . Beg.S 5 King Ankh nefer ib re Yesruwaman or Amanyesruwa or Yesruwa mery aman Beg.S 6 King Amanislo or King Khnum ib re ? Arrakkamani Beg.S 9 Queen s pyramid anonymous Beg.S 10 King Kalka Kaltaly Beg.S 20 Prince Weteriken ? , son of Amaniastabarqa or Siaspiqa ref name DM Beg.S 85 Princess Mernua, contemp. King Anlamani Aspelta ref name DM Beg.S 500 Prince Kariben, son of King Siaspiqa or King Nasakhma ref name DM Dows Dunham and M. F. Laming Macadam, Names and Relationships of the Royal Family of Napata, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 35 Dec., 1949 , pp. 139 149 ref Beg.S 503 Queen Khennuwa, approximately time of Nastasen ref name Candace North Cemetery at Begarawiyah File Meroe pyramid field nort ... more details
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