# Faras Cathedral — WHE Definition Discussion

**URL:** <https://community.worldhistory.org/t/faras-cathedral-whe-definition-discussion/5628>\
**Category:** WHE Articles\
**Created:** [April 5, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/faras-cathedral-whe-definition-discussion/5628 "2019-04-05T08:57:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 5, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/faras-cathedral-whe-definition-discussion/5628/1 "2019-04-05T08:57:06Z")

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The Cathedral of Faras, a city in ancient Nubia and once the capital of the Kingdom of Faras (aka Nobatia), was built and rebuilt from the 8th to 11th century CE. Its interior was decorated with hundreds of frescoes which are amongst the finest examples of early Christian art seen anywhere. With the site now deep below Lake Nasser, all that remains of this once great city are the art and artefacts which were rescued for posterity prior to 1964 CE.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Faras\_Cathedral/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Faras_Cathedral/)._

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**Author:** ![markzcartwright](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/markzcartwright/32/35_2.png) [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/faras-cathedral-whe-definition-discussion/5628/2 "2026-07-29T01:13:27Z")

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