The special presentation in room 220 of the Bode Museum shows glamourous and elegant garments from medieval Nubia that express secular and religious prestige. The reconstructions are based on wall paintings from the cathedral of Faras. These are now in the collections of the National Museum in Warsaw and the Sudan National Museum in Khartoum. These magnificent loans enter into dialogue with selected textiles from the collections of the Museum of Byzantine Art and the Museum of Islamic Art. The exhibition runs from 6 February to 12 April 2025.
In the 1960s, the Egyptian government decided to build the Aswan High Dam. In order to research and save areas threatened by the flooding of the Nile, scientists from twenty-six countries took part in a UNESCO initiative to save the cultural heritage of Nubia. In this context, a Polish team led by Prof Kazimierz Michałowski from the University of Warsaw researched the city of Faras, one of the medieval capitals of the Kingdom of Nobadia, which existed between the sixth and the end of the seventh century and …
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Image above: König 2: Nachbildung der mittelalterlichen Tracht eines Königs von Makuria, © Paulina Matusiak und Eddy Wenting.