Faras

Faras

Faras' position within Nubia (upper left)
Location	Faras Wadi Halfa
Region	Wadi Halfa Nubia
Coordinates	22°12′00″N 31°28′00″E / 22.2°N 31.4666°E / 22.2; 31.4666
History
Cultures	Nubia Ancient Egypt

Faras (formerly Ancient Greek: Παχώρας, Pakhôras; Latin: Pachoras; Old Nubian: Ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ, Pakhoras^[1]) was a major city in Lower Nubia. The site of the city, on the border between modern Egypt and Sudan at Wadi Halfa Salient, was flooded by Lake Nasser in the 1960s and is now permanently underwater. Before this flooding, extensive archaeological work was conducted by a Polish archaeological team led by professor Kazimierz Michałowski.