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Brian McMorrow | all galleries >> Middle East, North Africa & the Caucasus >> Sudan السودان >> Khartoum >> Sudan National Museum > The Christian site of Faras, seat of the kings of Nobatia, is on an island in Nubia between the 2nd and 3rd cataracts
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18-DEC-2009

The Christian site of Faras, seat of the kings of Nobatia, is on an island in Nubia between the 2nd and 3rd cataracts

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msadurski 02-Dec-2012 07:11
Not really. Faras does not exist anymore. It was flooded by Nasser Lake. Anyway Faras was not situated on an island. And not between the 2nd and 3rd cataracts but to the north of 2nd cataract. Oh, and this is just a copy. The original fresco (St Anna) one can see in the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland.