麦罗维，也译作麦罗埃，是非洲古代库施王国的都城遗址，位于苏丹共和国凯布希耶以北。麦罗埃地处尼罗河、红海、印度洋和乍得湖之间的交通要冲，与希腊、罗马、阿拉伯和印度都有贸易往来。古希腊哲学家希罗多德公元前430年在《历史》中曾提到麦罗维。
　　公元前10世纪，努比亚人建立的库施国王卡什塔趁埃及内忧外患，攻占上埃及首府底比斯，其子继而占领了更下游的孟菲斯，在公元前730年建立了埃及25王朝。但王朝立足未稳，又不得不退回原来的中心纳帕塔（今苏丹马拉维地区）。公元前530年左右，库施将首都迁至麦罗维（现苏丹首都以北150公里处），又延续了几百年时间。还创造了麦罗埃文字，一共有23个字符。
　　麦罗维遗址位于苏丹北部达米尔和善迪两座城市之间，古迹很多，最著名的是金字塔、古城和神庙。自1909年起开始考古发掘研究。遗址分东西两部分，西部为住地，东部为墓地。西部有王宫、寺庙、水池遗迹；东部有国王的金字塔和众多墓葬。城东还有6处大铁渣堆，表明麦罗埃有发达的冶铁业。采金业是库施人的传统产业。麦罗埃时期，库施的黄金开采量激增，成为古代世界主要的黄金产地之一。在麦罗埃的物产中，陶器是最为著名的一种。库施农业已进入人工灌溉阶段，公元前4世纪起开始种植棉花，成为尼罗河流域棉花培植的发源地。曾经的灿烂文明经过千百年岁月的风侵沙蚀，留下残垣断壁，让后人遥想当年的繁华盛世。

Meroe Relics

　　Mero was the southern capital of the Kushite Kingdom, or Napata/Meroitic Kingdom, that spanned theperiod c. 800 BC - c. 350 AD. According to partially deciphered Meroitic texts, the name of the citywas Medewi or Bedewi. Mero?? was the base of a flourishing kingdom whose wealth was due to strong ironindustry, plus an international trade. The first outsider to mention Meroe specifically was Herodotus, a Greek,in approximately 430 B.C. The culture of Mero?? developed from the 25th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, whichoriginated in Kush. From the reign of Arrakkamani (c. 280 BC), the royal burial ground was transferred toMero?? from Napata (Jebel Barkal).It was found that the pyramids regularly were built over sepulchral chambers, containing the remains ofbodies either burned or buried without being mummified. The most interesting objects found were the reliefson the chapel walls, and containing the names and representations of their queens, Candaces or the NubianKentakes, some kings, and with some chapters of the Book of the Dead. Some stelae with inscriptions inthe Meroitic language, and some vessels of metal and earthenware.