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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 and 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.〔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〕 ==Southern Cemetery at Begarawiyah== 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 Kings of Meroe.〔 This cemetery contains several pyramids:〔 * 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(?) Arakamani * Beg.S 9 - Queen's pyramid (anonymous) * Beg.S 10 - King Kalka Kaltaly * Beg.S 20 - Prince Weteriken (?), son of Amaniastabarqa or Siaspiqa〔 * Beg.S 85 - Princess Mernua, contemp. King Anlamani - Aspelta〔 * Beg.S 500 - Prince Kariben, son of King Siaspiqa or King Nasakhma 〔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〕 * Beg.S 503 - Queen Khennuwa, approximately time of Nastasen 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Pyramids of Meroe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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