Couldn't resist... ;-)
Merovingian Dynasty - Crystalinks
The Merovingians were a dynasty of Frankish kings who ruled a frequently fluctuating area in parts of present-day France and Germany from the 5th to the 8th ...
www.crystalinks.com/merovingian.html
Quite a distance (in both time and space) from Meroe...
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