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Sudan, in frames.

Golden-hour pyramids, the braided Nile, a coral coast, painted doors and desert nights — a country that photographs like a film.

Meroë pyramids
Meroë · golden hour

The royal pyramids

The Nile at sunset
Khartoum

The braided Nile

Jebel Barkal
Karima

Jebel Barkal

Red Sea coast
Port Sudan

The coral coast

Jebena coffee
The ritual

Jebena coffee

Nubian village
Lower Nubia

Painted doors

Desert camp
Bayuda

Desert nights

The Blue Nile at Wad Medani
Wad Medani

The Blue Nile at Gezira

Blue Nile State
Blue Nile State

The green southeast

The Port Sudan corniche at dusk
Port Sudan

The corniche at dusk

The souk at Omdurman
Omdurman

The largest souk in Sudan

Placeholder imagery — real licensed Sudanese photography to come.

Eleven places and dishes here still hold drawn artwork, because no freely licensed photograph exists. If you have one, the archive wants it — with your name on it.

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