In almost three years of civil war in Sudan, the country's museums have been ravaged, with thousands of its archaeological ...

Sudan is home to more pyramids than Egypt, most of them built by the ancient Kingdom of Kush. Concentrated around sites like Meroë, these pyramids served as royal tombs and reflect a distinct ...

Amado Alfadni tackles the painful and sensitive chapters that have marked Sudan, from slavery to contemporary political ...

They were recovered after months of investigation in collaboration with international police agency Interpol, and UNESCO.

The existential question of which countries are the oldest has long intrigued historians, and for good reason. However, defining what makes a country "old" is challenging, as it depends on historical ...

Currently, the three largest countries in Africa by land area are Algeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and ...

The museum’s most valuable collection, the “gold room”, is still missing, including ancient jewellery and 24-carat gold pieces, some nearly 8,000 years old.

Destroyed and looted in the early months of Sudan's war, the national museum in Khartoum is now welcoming virtual visitors after months of painstaking effort to digitally recreate its collection. At ...

The world’s tallest mammals—and perhaps the most improbably proportioned animals on the planet—giraffes have always fascinated those lucky enough to see one. Archaeologist Loretta Kilroe of the ...