Medieval Christian Wall Paintings Discovered in Sudan

In an unexpected find, archaeologists excavating residences of the ancient Nubian city of Old Dongola in Sudan discovered a complex of rooms hidden under the floor. Constructed out of sun-dried brick, the walls are adorned with Christian paintings dated to the Funj Period (16th-19th centuries C.E.), according to a press release from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology at the University of Warsaw, whose researchers are leading the excavation. “Seems that [the] gods of excavations