Home to centuries of heritage, Sudan's biggest museum is looted and wrecked by a 2-year war

Sudan museum curators get first devastating look inside after two years of warfare

Since Khartoum’s recapture from paramilitary groups, curators have learned that the damage left behind is worse than anyone thought

Within the largest museum in Sudan, the exhibition halls that were once full of statues and relics of centuries of ancient civilizations are shattered, full of rubble.

Cultural authorities denounce looting of Sudan's National Museum

Gamal ElDeen Zain al-Abdeen, official of the National Corporation of Antiquities and Museums of Sudan, told local media that the so-called Rapid Support Forces (RSF) destroyed the most valuable elements of the exhibits especially what it has to do with the Sudanese man and his civilization. The museum, located on Nile Avenue in the capital, is now in ruins, said al Abdeen, adding that the RSF destroyed everything and stole the gold pieces deposi…

Sudan’s cultural heritage in ruins: Khartoum’s National museum ravaged by war

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 and funded by Italy since 2019.

Home to centuries of heritage, Sudan's biggest museum is looted and wrecked by a 2-year war

The exhibition halls of Sudan's biggest museum were once filled with statues and relics from centuries of ancient civilizations.

Every time a war breaks out, the victims are not only human beings, but the flames also extend to heritage, history, civilization, and museums...