Faras

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Faras was an important ancient city in Nubia, known especially for its Christian-era cathedral and remarkable wall paintings discovered during archaeological excavations.

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Faras canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
former populated place
alternativeName Pachoras
Pakhoras
artifactsHeldAt National Museum in Warsaw
Sudan National Museum
surface form: Sudan National Museum in Khartoum
artStyle Byzantine-influenced wall paintings
Christian Nubian painting
country Sudan
culture Nubian
currentCondition submerged site
dateFromCentury 7th century
dateToCentury 14th century
excavatedBy Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw
Polish archaeological mission
excavationLeader Kazimierz Michałowski
excavationsConductedDuring International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia
surface form: UNESCO Nubia Campaign
excavationsEndYear 1964
excavationsStartYear 1961
flourishedInPeriod Christian Nubian period
Middle Ages
hasArchaeologicalStratum Meroitic period remains
medieval Christian remains
post-Meroitic period remains
hasPart Faras Cathedral
cemeteries
churches
domestic buildings
fortifications
hasReligion Christianity
Coptic Orthodox Church
surface form: Coptic Christianity

Nubian Church
surface form: Nubian Christianity
knownFor Christian-era cathedral
archaeological excavations
medieval wall paintings
locatedIn Lower Nubia
Nubia
Sudan
locatedNear Second Cataract of the Nile
locatedOn Nile
surface form: Nile River
notableDiscovery Faras Gallery wall paintings
politicalRole bishopric of Nobadia
episcopal see
regionHistoric Christian Nubian kingdoms
Kingdom of Nobadia
submergedBy Lake Nasser
submergedDueTo Aswan High Dam

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Nubia hasCity Faras
Old Nubian script (historically) notableCorpusLocation Faras
subject surface form: Old Nubian script
Faras Cathedral locatedIn Faras
Nobatia capital Faras
Nobatia politicalCenter Faras
Nobatia religiousCenter Faras