Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION Part I HISTORICAL INFORMATION Chapter 1. An outline of Nubian history Chapter 2. The discovery and exploration of the graves of the Pachoras-Faras bishops Part II DESCRIPTION AND MEASUREMENTS OF THE MATERIALS Chapter 3. Presentation of the methods applied Chapter 4. Matthaios Chapter 5. Ignatios Chapter 6. Anonymous (I) Chapter 7. Kyros Chapter 8. Kolluthos Chapter 9. Stephanos Chapter 10. Aaron (I) Chapter 11. Petros (I) Chapter 12. loannes (III), Petros (II), Georgios, Chael (II), lesu (II) Chapter 13. Marianos Chapter 14. Mercuries Chapter 15. Bishops of Pachoras from the later period Chapter 16. Anonymous (II) Chapter 17. Anonymous (III) Part III CONCLUSION Chapter 18. Paleopathological observations Chapter 19. Variety classification and typological problems Chapter 20. Demographical problems Chapter 21. Living and environmental conditions in the time of the Pachoras-Faras bishopric BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS