Sudan Travel Guide

Sudan has been in the headlines for the last few years for all the wrong reasons headlines are made, with allegations of state-provided hospitality to terrorists and the genocidal situation in still transpiring in Darfur. 

For those brave, adventurous or just stubborn enough to ignore dangers implicit to going into a veritable war zone, there is an impressive desert landscape and many ancient monuments to see in this large African nation. 

It is not widely known that there are approximately twice as many pyramids in Sudan as there are in Egypt. The Sudanese pyramids are much smaller (many between 50 and 100 feet tall) than the Egyptian ones, but they are still impressive nonetheless. Many of these pyramids can be found at the ancient site of Meroe. The narrow pyramid tombs of the Meroitic pharaohs lie all over the sandy hills and contain some preserved hieroglyphics.