@echoesofyesterdayys: At Old Dongola, in northern Sudan, archaeologists have reached the original floor of a giant medieval cathedral for the first time. ⛪ It's called the Great Church of Jesus. Arabic historical sources describe it as the largest and wealthiest church in medieval Nubia. Old Dongola was the capital of Makuria, a Nubian kingdom that became Christian in the 6th century AD. The team, led by Professor Artur Obłuski of the University of Warsaw, uncovered a monumental staircase and huge buttresses around the apse. Some walls still stand about 11 metres high. 😳 So far, the church is known to be 47 metres wide and about 57 metres long. Its height may have reached around 21 metres. And only a small part has been excavated. Obłuski compares it to Hagia Sophia: a possible "trendsetter" for Nubia. It may even change which building historians thought was Dongola's cathedral. This video is an illustrative AI reconstruction. #OldDongola #Makuria #Sudan #Archaeology #MedievalAfrica

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Thursday 12 November 2026 05:03:27 GMT