That’s because Sudan’s tourism industry has been impeded by two civil wars (1956-1972 and 1983-2005) and the battle for independence that led to the creation of South Sudan in 2011.

Sudan boasts even more pyramids than Egypt, but its treasured archaeological heritage is increasingly under threat from its brutal civil war. Meroë, a city on the banks of the Nile and once the ...

RISE IN TOURIST NUMBERS Item 1 of 5 Creeping desert sands surround the Royal Cemeteries of Meroe Pyramids in Begrawiya at River Nile State, Sudan November 10, 2019. Picture taken November 10, 2019.

Located in the desert sands near the Nile in modern Sudan, the ancient culture of Nubia played a decisive role in shaping Egypt from the eighth century B.C., serving as that kingdom’s 25th ...

A researcher from the University of Kansas has spent years studying what he calls aquaterra, large stretches of land that ...

Meroe lies around 200 kilometres (120 miles) north-east of Sudan's capital Khartoum and was the last capital of Kush, also called Nubia, an ancient kingdom centered on the confluence of the Blue ...

UNESCO is deeply concerned about recent reports of military activities on the Island of Meroe, in Sudan, whose archaeological sites are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The Organization ...

46 COM 7B.29 Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe (Sudan) (C 1336) The World Heritage Committee, Having examined Document WHC/24/46.COM/7B, Expresses its deep concern over the armed conflict ...

Before the emergence of the Kerma Culture in the Bronze Age, the Pre-Kerma Culture thrived between 3700 and 3250 BCE, marked by unique burial practices including the Speos, a temple or tomb carved ...

Egypt occupied northern Sudan for about 500 years until roughly 1,000 BC but its cultural influence faded during the 700-year reign of the Meroe kingdom from about 350 BC.

People sit in front of their home damaged by floods in Meroe, north of Khartoum, Sudan, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali ...