Sudan | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/sudan/RSS feed for SudanenTue, 23 Sep 2025 17:25:07 +0000In 1909, Theodore Roosevelt Embarked on an Ambitious Expedition to East Africa. Here’s Why His Trip Still Matters Todayhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/in-1909-theodore-roosevelt-embarked-on-an-ambitious-expedition-to-east-africa-heres-why-his-trip-still-matters-today-180987389/The 26th U.S. president is both lauded as a conservationist and condemned as a big-game hunter. A new book recounts the historic journey on which he helped form a significant collection of animals at the National Museum of Natural HistoryTue, 23 Sep 2025 17:25:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/in-1909-theodore-roosevelt-embarked-on-an-ambitious-expedition-to-east-africa-heres-why-his-trip-still-matters-today-180987389/Lower-Class Workers May Have Been Buried in Ancient Egyptian Pyramids Alongside Eliteshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lower-class-workers-may-have-been-buried-in-ancient-egyptian-pyramids-alongside-elites-180986305/When researchers examined skeletons buried in present-day Sudan, they found evidence that some had belonged to workers who performed hard laborTue, 25 Mar 2025 21:23:58 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lower-class-workers-may-have-been-buried-in-ancient-egyptian-pyramids-alongside-elites-180986305/Jimmy Carter Worked to Eradicate the Vicious Guinea Worm Parasite, Slashing Cases by the Millionshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jimmy-carter-worked-to-eradicate-the-vicious-guinea-worm-parasite-slashing-cases-by-the-millions-180985791/The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's work, he came tantalizingly close, lowering the number of yearly cases from 3.5 million to just 14Thu, 09 Jan 2025 17:12:11 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/jimmy-carter-worked-to-eradicate-the-vicious-guinea-worm-parasite-slashing-cases-by-the-millions-180985791/Sudanese Museums Call for Return of Stolen Artifactshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sudanese-museums-call-for-return-of-stolen-artifacts-180980303/Colonizers took the items after a deadly battle in the late 19th centuryFri, 24 Jun 2022 12:02:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sudanese-museums-call-for-return-of-stolen-artifacts-180980303/Ruins of Monumental Church Linked to Medieval Nubian Kingdom Found in Sudanhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ruins-large-nubian-church-found-sudan-180978136/The building complex was likely the seat of Christian power for Makuria, which was once as large as France and Spain combinedFri, 09 Jul 2021 16:52:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ruins-large-nubian-church-found-sudan-180978136/Did Climate Change Drive Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in Sudan to War?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/climate-change-may-have-driven-war-sudan-13400-years-ago-180977864/Some 13,400 years ago, rival communities in the Nile Valley likely clashed over scarce resourcesTue, 01 Jun 2021 18:57:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/climate-change-may-have-driven-war-sudan-13400-years-ago-180977864/Study Suggests At-Risk African Heritage Sites Are Often Overlookedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-identifies-african-heritage-sites-threatened-climate-change-180975902/Researchers cite a "total lack of quantifiable data on the impacts of climate change on heritage in sub-Saharan Africa"Thu, 24 Sep 2020 17:33:27 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/study-identifies-african-heritage-sites-threatened-climate-change-180975902/Record Flooding Threatens Millennia-Old Pyramids in Sudanhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/record-flooding-nile-threatens-ancient-pyramids-sudan-180975762/Rising water levels could damage ancient structures at Meroe and NuriThu, 10 Sep 2020 17:55:06 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/record-flooding-nile-threatens-ancient-pyramids-sudan-180975762/Treasure Hunters Destroy 2,000-Year-Old Heritage Site in Sudanhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/gold-diggers-destroy-ancient-kush-site-sudan-180975685/Illegal gold diggers dug an enormous trench at Jabal Maragha in the eastern Sahara DesertMon, 31 Aug 2020 15:24:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/gold-diggers-destroy-ancient-kush-site-sudan-180975685/Why Sudan's Remarkable Ancient Civilization Has Been Overlooked by Historyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/sudan-land-kush-meroe-ancient-civilization-overlooked-180975498/The African nation's pyramids and other archaeological sites are only now emerging from the shadow of its more storied neighbor to the northWed, 19 Aug 2020 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/sudan-land-kush-meroe-ancient-civilization-overlooked-180975498/