Word: nobatia
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...centuries, scholars have wondered what ever became of Pachoras, the lost capital of the medieval Christian kingdom of Nobatia in the cliffbound reaches of the Nile above the First Cataract. Nobatia flourished between the 7th and the 14th centuries in what the Egyptians once called Nubia, but it ultimately fell before Arab invaders. Arab documents referred to Pachoras, but no trace of it remained. The question took on a new urgency with the impending construction of the Aswan Dam, which threatened to submerge the area...
...better part of its history, Nobatia suffered from marauding bands of Arabs. In 1173, the central nave of the cathedral was destroyed. In other attacks, the irrigation system was irretrievably damaged, and as the land it had kept moist began to dry up, the relentless desert moved in. The remaining side naves became deeply embedded...