Medieval treasure carved from a single piece of rock crystal

Few objects evoke the richness of medieval Islamic culture as much as the small group of carved rock crystal ewers made for the court of the Fatimid rulers of Cairo in the late 10th and early 11th centuries.

Fatimid rulers conquered Egypt in 969 and renamed their new capital city Al-Qahira (The Triumphant),…

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