History & Archaeology

In downtown old Acropole Hotel of Khartoum, people seem to be like migrating flocks of birds. However, none of them are here to stay but to toil in the scorching heat of the desert sun. Sudan raises pictures of war, lack of stability, drought, famine and poverty, these are the images of Sudan painted to the outside World. Archaeologists from all over the world come not only to Sudan, but are also frequent visitors to the ancient empires of Nubia and Kush that formerly resembled Egypt, Rome and Greece. The director of the French Archaeological Unit quotes, “Sudan is the only site with the essence of true archaeological finds in Africa and has more pyramids than Egypt, although they are