{"title":"Meroe — The Iron City","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt its height, Meroe was the iron-working capital of Africa — a city whose slag heaps still mark the landscape of Sudan, producing the iron tools and weapons that supplied sub-Saharan Africa for centuries. The city's pyramid fields — over 200 Nubian pyramids, steeper and more numerous than Egypt's — make Sudan home to more ancient pyramids than any country on earth. Meroe was also a literate civilization with its own script, Meroitic, which remains only partially deciphered — one of the last great unsolved writing systems in human history. A civilization that produced iron, pyramids, an original writing system, and warrior queens, almost entirely absent from the history books taught in Western schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese signs carry the Meroitic pyramid, the iron furnace, the Meroitic script, and the memory of a civilization history forgot to mention.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"meroe-the-iron-city-heritage-metal-sign","title":"Meroe — The Iron City | Heritage Metal Sign","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt its height, Meroe was the iron-working capital of Africa — its slag heaps still marking the landscape of Sudan, supplying iron tools and weapons across sub-Saharan Africa for centuries. Sudan has over 200 pyramids — more than Egypt. The city had its own script, Meroitic, still only partially deciphered. A civilization that produced iron, pyramids, an original writing system, and warrior queens — almost entirely absent from Western history books. The Meroitic pyramid, the iron furnace, the script — in enduring aluminum that gives credit long overdue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ePremium aluminum · weatherproof · UV-resistant ink · Pre-drilled mounting holes · Ships worldwide\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"AncestralCraft","offers":[{"title":"Small — 12\" × 8\"","offer_id":47230316347563,"sku":"AC-MERO135-S","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium — 17\" × 11\"","offer_id":47230317789355,"sku":"AC-MERO135-M","price":54.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Large — 24\" × 16\"","offer_id":47230317822123,"sku":"AC-MERO135-L","price":79.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]}],"url":"https:\/\/ancestralcraft.com\/collections\/meroe-the-iron-city.oembed","provider":"Ancestral Craft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}