Crowns
Before
Chains

They held the highest seat in Christendom. And almost no one remembers them. A look at the North African pontiffs who shaped early Christianity.

Before Egypt became a province, Nubian kings sat on the pharaonic throne. A story of conquest, culture, and a legacy written in stone.

For 1,500 years the Ethiopian Orthodox Church crowned kings, composed scripture, and outlasted every empire that tried to erase it.