Record floods threaten ancient Pyramids in Sudan
8th September 2020: Heavy floods in the River Nile threatens the ancient pyramid sites in Sudan, Africa.
According to the report from BBC News, the authorities in Sudan are trying to protect the country’s ancient pyramids from flooding as heavy rains have caused the nearby River Nile to reach record-breaking levels.
The site is home to a host of ruins more than 2,300 years old.
Countrywide, floods have killed nearly 100 people and made thousands homeless.
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The Nile regularly bursts its banks and farmers rely on the floodwaters to create fertile land, but the extent of this year’s flooding is very unusual.
An archaeologist Marc Maillot informed the AFP news agency saying that they have built sandbag walls and are pumping out water.
“The floods had never affected the site before,” Mr Maillot is quoted as saying.
“The situation is currently under control, but if the level of the Nile continues to rise, the measures taken may not be sufficient.”
The area, 200km (125 miles) north-east of the capital, Khartoum, is home to hundreds of archaeological relics.
They comprise of pyramids, temples, palaces, cemeteries, and other places of interest that “testify to the wealth and power of the Kushite State”, a major power in the region for more than 1,000 years from the eighth century BC, the UN’s cultural organisation, UNESCO, says.
Last Friday the government declared the state of emergency for three months.
More than 500,000 people have been affected in 17 of the country’s 18 states, the authorities say.
99 deaths have been recorded caused by drowning, mudslides and buildings collapsing.
OCHA, the United Nation’s humanitarian organization has warned that the situation could deteriorate in the coming days. It says that there are heavy rains forecast for neighbouring Ethiopia and parts of Sudan which could lead to a rise in the level of the Blue Nile.
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