Sabu is a village located in theNile Valley of northernSudan approximately 600 kilometres northwest ofKhartoum. It is best known for the nearbySabu-Jaddi site containing hundreds ofNeolithic-era rock-art panels depicting giraffes, New Kingdom ships, and Christian churches.[1] The site has yet to be systematically studied by archaeologists and is currently threatened by the $705 million Kajbar Dam project, which scientists say will flood the site within six years.[2][3]
In October 2015Sabu-Jaddi Rock Art sites were added toWorld Monuments Fund /Watch as one of 2016's 50 endangered monuments in 36 countries around the world to call the international attention to protect and promote these incredible heritage reservoirs.Little research has been done in these sites,The Mahas survey project of theuniversity of Khartoum exposed some important information about the site located betweenSabu andJaddi.
