A bark stand depicts a voluptuous queen of this region holding up the starry sky, (-5[1])naming her as “Mistress of the Diadems.” Graffiti at the Temple of Dakka has recently been used to establish that a co-ruler with Natakamani in this region was his mother rather than his wife. Images of deities such as the lion-headed Apedemak appear in a temple in this region (10[1])at Jebel Barkal. (10[4])The bronze head of a statue (10[1])of (10[1])Augustus (10[1])was buried (10[1])beneath (10[2])a (10[1])shrine’s (10[2])steps in this region (10[4])by (-5[1])Candace (10[1]-5[2])Amanirenas (10[6]-5[1])(“can-DAH-kee uh-man-ee-REE-nuss”), likely as a symbol of resistance to the Romans. (10[1])Iconography (-5[1])from a later period expanded on the range of costumes used under the 25th Dynasty pharaohs from this (-5[1])region, (10[2]-5[2])such as (-5[1])Piye (10[1]-5[1])(“PEE-yay”) and Taharqa (10[2])(“ta-HAR-ka”). For (10[1])10 points, what ancient region (10[1])home (10[1])to Meroë (10[5])(“meh-ROH-ee”) was centered (10[2])in modern Sudan (10[3])and (10[1])southern (10[6])Egypt? ■END■ (10[9]0[3])