The Sudan National Museum looted

Quoted by ISNA; Pictures released from the Sudan National Museum, which show empty rooms, debris masses and broken effects, have revealed the amount of antiquity of the country.

According to officials at the museum, the first concerns were raised about the Sudan Museum’s looting in June, and a year later, satellite images of trucks carrying artwork were leaving the building. But last week, with the withdrawal of militants called Rapid Reaction Forces (RSF) from Khartum after two years of war, the full dimensions of the robbery were revealed.

A video shared by the newspaper Sudan Tribune shows the museum completely evacuated, while only a few large statues remain, including the seventh statue of the King of Taharqa, a Pharaoh who had been in Egypt between the ages of 4 and 5 BC. Other images showcased rooms and broken showcases.

According to the Guardian, the museum had about 6,000 monuments of Sudan’s thousands of years, including the Kingdom of Nubia, the Kusadian Empire, and the Christian and Islamic era. Mummies dating from 5 BC were also kept in the museum, one of the oldest and most valuable archaeological artifacts in the world.

The director of the Khartoum Museum of Ethnology said that a specialized team visited the site after the Sudan military’s rapid reaction forces were fired to evaluate the damage, which will be recorded in a report.

He said that the disaster is very big. Most of the museum’s rare works, along with gold and precious stones, have disappeared.

The robbery not only includes the public exposed objects, but also includes objects held in a protected room, including gold, which are likely to be smuggled abroad to sell in international markets.

UNESCO, the UN Cultural Organization, had previously called on the art dealers not to participate in the purchase, sale or export of smuggled objects from Sudan.

The amount of damage to the Sudan Museum and Cultural Heritage has profoundly influenced the people of this country.