I love these reconstructions of clothing worn by the ruling elite of Makuria (a medieval kingdom in what's now s. Egypt/n. Sudan). Made with historically accurate fabrics and dyes, they give us a sense of the visual language of power in medieval Sudan—I will be using these in my teaching next semester!

The reconstructions are the work of the "Costumes of Authority. The Image of Royalty and Clergy in Christian Nubia" project of Warsaw University: nubianauthorities.archeologia.

I love these reconstructions of clothing worn by the ruling elite of Makuria (a medieval kingdom in what's now s. Egypt/n. Sudan). Made with historically accurate fabrics and dyes, they give us a sense of the visual language of power in medieval Sudan—I will be using these in my teaching next semester!