Museums looted of priceless artifacts as Sudan counts the cost of a deadly conflict

Museums looted of priceless artifacts as Sudan counts the cost of a deadly conflict

A statue of the Nubian god Apademak stands alone in the courtyard of Sudan’s National Museum, one of the few survivors of systematic looting amid a conflict that has developed into one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises

60 Percent of Sudan National Museum’s Holdings Have Been Looted, Officials Say

In September 2024, officials reported that the National Museum of Sudan in the country’s capital city, Khartoum, had been subjected to looting by members of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during Sudan’s ongoing civil war. Now, museum officials have made public the extent of that looting. “More than 60% of the museum’s holdings were looted,” said Ghalia Jar Al-Nabi, the Sudanese director of the General Authority for Antiquities and Mus…