• Excavating the western façade of the cathedral, ruins of the Arab citadel seen on the left, Faras, 1961
  • The hill at the site with architecture built on top of the ruins of the cathedral
  • Work in a trench on the eastern side
  • Dismantling the so-called North Church, 1964
  • The archaeological team in Faras, March 1963
  • Standing from left: Józef Gazy (conservator), Kazimierz Michałowski and his wife Krystyna
  • Uncovering the western façade of the cathedral, ruins of houses from the 6th–7th century seen in the foreground
  • Ruins of the Arab citadel on the summit of the hill seen from the west, excavating the ruins of houses seen in the foreground at the foot of the hill
  • Kazimierz Michałowski and architects Wiesław Koziński and Antoni Ostrasz during excavations of the ruins of the cathedral
  • Excavations in a trench on the eastern side
  • Excavations in a trench on the eastern side, view from the top
  • Digging deeper in a trench on the eastern side
  • Continued excavations in a trench on the eastern side
  • Archaeological trench, the eastern façade of the cathedral seen in the background
  • The funerary chapel of Bishop Ioannes emerging from under a layer of sand
  • Work on uncovering the ruins of the funerary chapel of Bishop Ioannes
  • Eastern façade of the cathedral with the funerary chapel of Bishop Ioannes, after excavations
  • Discovery of a mural of the Archangel Gabriel at the southern entrance to the cathedral
  • Image of the Archangel Gabriel after excavations; the lintel seen next to the painting is of Meroitic date and was found above the entrance to the cathedral
  • Discovery of the painting of the Three Youths in a Fiery Furnace, January 1962
  • Professor Labib Habashi (first from the left, next to Kazimierz Michałowski) and guests from the Coptic Museum in Cairo visiting the site, Faras, 1962
  • Polish archaeologists standing in front of the painting of Three Youths in a Fiery Furnace, January 1962
  • Work on the conservation of the wall paintings
  • Taking down the wall paintings
  • Taking down the wall painting with the scene of the Nativity
  • Workers carrying boxes with the wall paintings
  • Boxes with the wall paintings being carried to the Nile
  • Packing the boxes with the wall paintings on board a ship on the Nile
  • Ship with the packed murals from Faras leaving for Wadi Halfa, 30 April 1964
  • Conservation work on the wall paintings at the Museum in Khartoum, Józef Gazy first from left, Abdel Rahim H. Al-Amin in the foreground
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