Raw Series: Project 4 - The Lost Kingdom
Act 3: Candace & her King
Candace (locally referred to as; "Kandake")
The Candaces of Meroe were the queens of the Kingdom of Kush who ruled from the city of Meroe c. 284 BCE-c. 314 CE - a number of whom ruled independently c. 170 BCE-c. 314 CE - in what is now Sudan. The title Candace is the Latinized version of the term Kentake or Kandake in Meroitic and may mean βQueen Regentβ or βQueen Motherβ but could also mean βRoyal Womanβ. Although the term seems to have originally referred to the mother of the king, from around c. 170 BCE it was also used to designate a female monarch who reigned independently.
Sources: https://www.worldhistory.org/The_Candaces_of_Meroe/
