prevailed at Meroe from the second century B. C. onwards, says Dr. Reisner. An interesting feature of the expedition's work has been in the light it has thrown on references to Queen Candace in ...

In his Geography, Greek historian Strabo wrote of a queen called “Candace” who signed a peace treaty with the emperor Augustus. Candace, in fact, means “sister,” and was the title given to ...

The Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe, a semi-desert landscape between the Nile and Atbara rivers, was the heartland of the Kingdom of Kush, a major power from the 8th century B.C. to the ...