Widespread anger in the north and Nubia as rouge miners destroyed and looted archaeological areas

Al-Yurea – (Sky News) Local newspapers and media –
“Indiscriminate” and “unorganized” mining and excavation activities have caused widespread vandalism of Paleolithic monuments, strewn in the open in the Nubian areas North Sudan

Reports of smuggling and major thefts have affected many artifacts and ritual tools such as incense burners, pottery and other valuable artifacts.
Specialists and archaeologists have expressed great fears that Sudan will lose one of the richest archaeological sites in the country due to tampering with important historical sites .
On the other hand, the Nubian groups said that the authorities wrote reports against activists from the village of “Abu Sara” in the northern state because of their objection to the work of mining companies, which it said “cause environmental damage”, at a time when this movement announced the demand for multiple means to combat mining in northern Sudan..
The Nubian Gathering condemned in a press statement carried by the website “Ultra Sudan” today the filing of reports against activists opposed to mining in the area of “Abu Sara” in the northern state, and said that the authorities are using violence against unarmed citizens.
The Nubian gathering called on the state to address the environmental damage caused by mining in northern Sudan, describing these areas as “infested”. He said health conditions were “not reassuring” for thousands of residents.
A member of the Nubian grouping, Khader Hussein, had confirmed at a press conference last Wednesday in Khartoum that samples were taken from citizens living in northern Sudan, by a medical team purchased by the Nubian gathering at its expense.
Hussein told the news site that the samples arrived at a private laboratory in the capital, Khartoum, and the results cost three thousand dollars, and the Nubian assembly is still working to provide funding to own the results to public opinion – according to Hussein.
Khader Hussein said that mining has reached the island of “Say”, which is among the areas inhabited by antiquities, and expressed fears of destroying it in search of gold, adding that miners melt antiquities to obtain gold without focusing on its real value for the state. “Smelting antiquities is more dangerous than smuggling, because smuggled antiquities can be recovered even after a while,” he said.

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