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Barbarians at the gates? the royal mounds of El Hobagi and the end of Meroë
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1992
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Historical GeographyHistorical MethodologyHistorical ArchaeologyEl HobagiLandscape ArchaeologyEthiopian KingsArchaeological ExcavationArchaeological RecordOwn Meroitic ScriptArchaeologyExtraordinary CultureMiddle Eastern StudiesRoyal MoundsCultural HistoryLanguage StudiesClassicsSocial Sciences
Meroë, capital of Ethiopian kings up to the first centuries AD, is an extraordinary culture. Its inscriptions are in its own Meroitic script or in Egyptian or sometimes in Greek – a reminder of its links through Egypt to the larger Mediterranean world nearly 2000 kilometres to the north. And what about the end of Meroeë Did it collapse to barbarians? Or did it take its own course?