Faras - A Cathedral in the desert
Christian Frescoes from Nubia
May 23 till September 15, 2002
prolonged until October 26, 2002
Kunsthistorisches Museum,
Special Exhibition Hall
1010 Wien, Maria-Theresien-Platz
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The Christian frescoes in the cathedral at Faras (Sudan) were called „the miracles of Faras" by the Polish archaeologists who discovered them during an archaeological rescue mission. Starting in May, over seventy wall-paintings, stone friezes, stele, and funerary goods from the National Museum in Warsaw will be on show at the Kunsthistorisches Museum. They offer a comprehensive survey of 7th to 12th century Christian art in the kingdom of Nobatia in northern Nubia.
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