Sudan is often seen as a place of conflict, but the country also has unique attractions, from the confluence of the Blue and White Nile rivers to temples and pyramids.
Babiker Mohammed of the Ministry of Tourism explains that there is “a five-year strategic plan to try and develop all our tourist destinations to a high standard and really good facilities.”
The country has a rich civilizational history, having three times as many pyramids as Egypt. Among other attractions, Sudan is home to Meroe, the former capital of the Kushite Kingdom, where there are hundreds of Nubian pyramids.
The first of the huge pyramids of Meroe was built by King Arkamani 1 over 2,200 years ago. At its height, the rulers of Meroe controlled the Nile Valley from north to south over a distance of more than 1,000 kilometres.
Excavations have revealed evidence of important high-ranking Kushite burials from the Napatan Period between 800 and 280 A way!, and mm June 2011, the Meroe Archaeological Sites were classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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