Faras
Sign in to saveFaras (formerly , Pakhôras; ; Old Nubian: Ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ, Pakhoras) was a major city in Lower Nubia. The site of the city, on the border between modern Egypt and Sudan at Wadi Halfa Salient, was flooded by Lake Nasser in the 1960s and is now permanently underwater. Before this flooding, extensive archaeological work was conducted by a Polish archaeological team led by professor Kazimierz Michałowski.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Faras
- Ancient site.image
- Faras, Franz Christian Gau.png
- Ancient site.caption
- Drawing of the Faras citadel in 1819
- Ancient site.map_size
- 250
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Faras Wadi Halfa
- Ancient site.region
- Wadi Halfa Nubia
- Ancient site.cultures
- Nubia Ancient Egypt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Sudan
- Located in
- Sudan
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Nobatia
- Image
- Christian Nubia.png
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- P1889
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- P2596
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Faras (formerly , Pakhôras; ; Old Nubian: Ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ, Pakhoras) was a major city in Lower Nubia. The site of the city, on the border between modern Egypt and Sudan at Wadi Halfa Salient, was flooded by Lake Nasser in the 1960s and is now permanently underwater. Before this flooding, extensive archaeological work was conducted by a Polish archaeological team led by professor Kazimierz Michałowski.
==History==