MeroÃ `` ( Meroitic : Medewi or Bedewi ) is the name of an ancient city . What remains of the city is on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi , Sudan . MeroÃ `` ( also spelled Meroe ) Meroitic : Medewi or Bedewi ; Arabic : and Meruwi ) is the name of an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east of the Kabushiya station near Shendi , Sudan , approximately 200 km north-east of Khartoum .