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The National (Matt Brown)
- Archaeologists Warn Of Climate Threat
Yahoo! News Mummies decaying in Siberia, pyramids vanishing under the sand in Sudan, Maya temples collapsing: climate change risks destroying countless treasures from our shared past, archaeologists warn. . . . Sand is one of the worst enemies of archaeological...
- Travel: Secret Of The Nile (nubia)
The National “The road is tough,” Aiyman, my 30-year-old driver, said with a grin, as we hammered over another bump on a dirt track on the southern edge of the Saharan desert. I’m not sure what he was grinning at, except possibly the ridiculousness...
- Tourism: Attractions Of Sudan
Xpress (Shatha Khalil) A photo gallery of eight pictures accompanies the article. Sudan, Africa’s largest nation, may not be a conventional place to go on holiday but it has lots to offer tourists and is untouched by the millions of visitors who explore...
- Sudan Arrests 12 Trying To Smuggle Mummies
Reuters Africa Sudanese authorities have arrested 12 people accused of smuggling ancient antiquities including two entire mummies, a state news agency said on Saturday. "The police authorities in Nile state have thwarted an attempt to smuggle ancient...
- Ancient Sudan
http://tinyurl.com/kox3y (The East African) "During the past two decades, Sudan has earned notoriety for the 21-year war between the north and the south. But Sudan is also a leading archive of unexplored human history and civilisation rivalling that of...
Egypt
Travel: Poor image robs Sudan of tourism windfall
The National (Matt Brown)
MEROE, SUDAN // A dozen 2,000-year-old pyramids rise out of the orange sand like a jagged row of teeth. In the soft sandstone bricks of these ancient tombs, the Nubian people carved pictures of the God Amun with the body of a man and the head of a bird.
On a scorching 41-degree day here in the Nubian Desert, this ruined capital of the ancient Kushitic Kingdom is nearly vacant. Two men with camels wait to give rides to the rare tourist. But the car park is empty. No one is around to buy the carved replicas of the pyramids that a few dusty-haired boys are peddling.
Like Egypt, its neighbour to the north, Sudan has amazing archaeological sites, including pyramids, ruins of cities and ancient temples. Sudan also has game parks teeming with elephants, lions and hippos rivalling those in Kenya.
Unlike Egypt or Kenya, which attract millions of tourists each year, Sudan brings in a meagre 60,000 visitors annually and is missing out on a windfall in tourism revenue. A reputation as an unstable country and a trade embargo have kept all but the most intrepid travellers away.
- Archaeologists Warn Of Climate Threat
Yahoo! News Mummies decaying in Siberia, pyramids vanishing under the sand in Sudan, Maya temples collapsing: climate change risks destroying countless treasures from our shared past, archaeologists warn. . . . Sand is one of the worst enemies of archaeological...
- Travel: Secret Of The Nile (nubia)
The National “The road is tough,” Aiyman, my 30-year-old driver, said with a grin, as we hammered over another bump on a dirt track on the southern edge of the Saharan desert. I’m not sure what he was grinning at, except possibly the ridiculousness...
- Tourism: Attractions Of Sudan
Xpress (Shatha Khalil) A photo gallery of eight pictures accompanies the article. Sudan, Africa’s largest nation, may not be a conventional place to go on holiday but it has lots to offer tourists and is untouched by the millions of visitors who explore...
- Sudan Arrests 12 Trying To Smuggle Mummies
Reuters Africa Sudanese authorities have arrested 12 people accused of smuggling ancient antiquities including two entire mummies, a state news agency said on Saturday. "The police authorities in Nile state have thwarted an attempt to smuggle ancient...
- Ancient Sudan
http://tinyurl.com/kox3y (The East African) "During the past two decades, Sudan has earned notoriety for the 21-year war between the north and the south. But Sudan is also a leading archive of unexplored human history and civilisation rivalling that of...