12 November 2012. El Geneina: Students of the Faculty of Technology Science of the University of El Geneina, West Darfur, work at the computer lab sponsored by UNAMID as a Quick Impact Project in 2011. Photo by Albert González Farran - UNAMID
After Sudan’s national museum in Khartoum was looted during the early months of the country’s civil war, a digital reconstruction is now giving its lost treasures a second life online.
With nearly all 100,000 artifacts stolen or destroyed, researchers turned to technology as the only way to preserve the country’s cultural memory.
Drawing on old inventories, academic studies, and excavation photos, experts painstakingly rebuilt the collection in a virtual space that mirrors the museum’s original design.
Launched on January 1, the online museum now showcases more than 1,000 artifacts from the ancient Kingdom of Kush, with more to come.
Beyond public access, the project also strengthens efforts to track and recover Sudan’s stolen heritage amid a devastating conflict.
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