The conflict that has been raging between rival military factions in Sudan since mid-April has taken a toll on the country’s rich cultural heritage. | Reuters
Some sites including several universities are being used for military purposes, according to Mahassin Yousif, an archaeologist at Bahri University.
Sudan has two UNESCO world heritage sites: Meroe Island, home to one of the largest ancient pyramid complexes in Africa, and Jebel Barkal, a sacred sandstone mountain close to tombs, temples and palaces that dot the course of the Nile River.“At the same time, the location has intensified chances of looting and theft,” said Ismail Hamid Nour, a Sudanese researcher at Britain’s University of Birmingham who is documenting sites at risk.
NCAM has raised funds to pay 100 guards and inspectors to return to their posts where safe to do so, and has set up money transfers for emergency response training, measures to block illegal excavations, and teaching Darfur schoolchildren about cultural heritage. “While there is a lot of awareness about cultural heritage and the need to protect it in times of crisis, one of our biggest challenges is that culture is still not mainstreamed into the language of humanitarian aid,” said ICCROM’s Aparna Tandon.
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