Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe' has mentioned 'Region' in the following places:
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The Kushitic Kingdom of Meroxc3xab gave its name to the "Island of Meroxc3xab", which was the modern region of Butana, a region bounded by the Nile (from the Atbarah River to Khartoum), the Atbarah and the Blue Nile. | WIKI |
The presence of numerous Meroitic sites within the western Butana region and on the border of Butana proper is significant to the settlement of the core of the developed region. | WIKI |
In 23 BCE the Roman governor of Egypt, Publius Petronius, to end the Meroitic raids, invaded Nubia in response to a Nubian attack on southern Egypt, pillaging the north of the region and sacking Napata (22 BCE) before returning home. | WIKI |
Although the people of Meroxc3xab also had southern deities such as Apedemak, the lion-son of Sekhmet (or Bast, depending upon the region), they also continued worshipping ancient Egyptian gods that they had brought with them. | WIKI |