The story of the National Museum – taken over by armed men, its gold and valuables looted and stolen – mirrors the individual ...

In September, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said it was concerned about the looting of the museum, whose restoration was organized with the UN agency ...

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite ...

Millions of children are malnourished, and famine has been declared in some regions. Sudan’s ancient heritage – so rich that it boasts more pyramids than Egypt – has been extensively ...

But every once in a while I got to write about Sudan’s rich and relatively little known ancient history. It took me more than 25 years to see the pyramids in person, but when I finally visited ...