Recent videos from Sudan's national museum depict extensive looting and damage after fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary groups. The museum, rich in history with 100,000 artefacts spanning centuries, has been stripped of many items, with videos showing empty rooms and broken display cases. Curators believe countless valuable artefacts, including significant items from the Kushite and Nubian empires, have been taken or destroyed, marking a tragic loss for Sudan's cultural identity and historical narrative. An assessment team has begun documenting the damage to understand the full impact.
The destruction at the Sudan National Museum wrought by RSF fighters, who were driven out of Khartoum last week reveals a tragedy of immense proportions for Sudan’s cultural heritage.
A specialist team revealed that the museum held an estimated 100,000 artefacts, including mummies from 2500BC and treasures from the Kushite empire, now largely looted.
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