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June 28, 2007

Timbuktu features

280064686_d8d2241ae7_o The July-August issue of Natural History magazine features a five-page article on Timbuktu, an excerpt adapted from the authors' forthcoming book, Timbuktu: The Sahara's Fabled City of Gold (Walker & Co., 2007, due out in August).

In addition the magazine's Online Extras: Web Links section features links to Unesco's and Worldheritagesite.org's web entries for Timbuktu; the Timbuktu Manuscript Project site; the web site of Shindouk, chief of the Tuareg community of Ouladnagim; and an extensive selection (pdf) of Ray Kea's Archaeology of West African Empires.

The Sankore Mosque in Timbuktu. (blueguy / ازرق flickr site) (PHOTO SOURCE)

Posted by on June 28, 2007 at 10:10 AM in Africa, Architecture, Journals, Ross Day, Web/Tech |

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