Sudan document photos online

Most travelers picture pyramids only in Egypt, yet Sudan quietly holds the world's densest cluster of them: the Kushite necropolis at Meroe alone preserves at least 147 royal pyramids, and the country counts roughly 200 in total, more than double Egypt's tally. Built between the 3rd century BC and the 4th century AD by the Kingdom of Kush, they rise at a dramatic 72-degree angle, far steeper than Egypt's gentler 54 degrees. The same nation that issued passports for Africa's once-largest country now ranks among the world's most restricted travel documents, a striking gap between ancient grandeur and modern mobility.

• Pyramids Sudan is home to roughly 200 ancient pyramids, more than double the number in neighboring Egypt, with at least 147 packed into the royal cemeteries of Meroe alone.
• Passport The Sudanese passport ranked 91st on the Henley Passport Index for 2025, granting visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to only 41 destinations worldwide.
• Currency Sudan has issued three entirely separate currencies all called the Sudanese pound, abandoning the second one for a dinar in 1992 before reviving the pound name twice more.
• Money The Sudanese pound divides into 100 piastres, locally called qirsh, a subdivision inherited from the Ottoman-era Egyptian monetary system.
• Citizenship After South Sudan's 2011 split, a Sudanese law automatically stripped citizenship from anyone who acquired South Sudanese nationality, leaving over a million southerners in the north in legal limbo.
• Descent A 2018 amendment shields some people from losing their nationality only if they can prove their ancestors were domiciled in Sudan on or before 1 January 1924.
• Geography Until South Sudan seceded in 2011, Sudan was the largest country in all of Africa, covering more than 8 percent of the entire continent.
• Capital Khartoum sits at the dramatic confluence where the White Nile from Lake Victoria meets the Blue Nile from Ethiopia's Lake Tana to form the main Nile.
• Travel Following the 2023 conflict, even neighboring Egypt began requiring visas or security clearance for all Sudanese travelers, including women and children.