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Travel Pictures Gallery.com - Africa - Mali - Timbuktu

a series of travel images from Africa, Mali, Timbuktu. Timbuktu (also Tombouctou or Timbuctu) is a city some 12 km north of the Niger River on the edge of the Sahara desert. The city has a long history as a trading outpost that linked black Africa below the Sahara Desert with Berber and Islamic traders throughout north Africa. It has a sort of mystic reputation linking it with distant and exotic lands. It was once the capital of the Mali Empire, and was home to Mansa Musa, the king of the Mali Empire who is regarded as the richest person in history. The Dyingerey Ber mosque, and the Sangkore mosque with their adobe, mud brick architecture seem to be erected straight from the desert surrounding the town. Timbuktu is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988. As from 2012 the region had serious problems with jihadist fighters, make sure to check the present situation when planning a visit.

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - the Dyingerey Ber Mosque, adobe, mud brick architecture

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - the town sign of Timbuktu (Tomboctou in French)

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - the walls of the Dyingerey Ber Mosque, adobe, mud brick architecture

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - local transport by donkey cart

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - tourists on a camel trip in the surrounding desert

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - a traditional dwelling of Tuareg people

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - Tuareg girl pouring tea

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - Tuareg man, traditional head scarf, turban

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - in a backstreet

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - traditional Moroccan door design

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - the Sankorè Mosque, Timbuktu is on the Unesco World Heritage list

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - Tuareg man, traditional head scarf, turban

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - ornate design at the Sidi Yahia medressa

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - a traditional bread oven

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - tourists on a camel trip in the surrounding desert

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - at a Tuareg camp

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - Tuareg kids playing

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - Tuareg traditional dancing

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - a mule lookin quite serious

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - at the downtown market

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - the Sankoré Mosque

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - taylor at work at the market

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - the house of French explorer René Caillié

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - girl leaning on a wall

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - men taking things easy

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - old town scenery

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - an elderly woman

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - teacher at a Quranic school

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - boy writing texts from the Holy Quran

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - man of the Songhai tribe

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - the Sankorè Mosque, Timbuktu is on the Unesco World Heritage list

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - decorated door handle at the Sidi Yahiya Medressa

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - decorated door at the Sidi Yahiya Medressa

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - the Dyingerey Ber Mosque entrance

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - a traditional bread oven

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - a goat skin water container

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - kids having fun with a digital camera

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - the well that gave the town its name (Tim means well)

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - man in traditional Tuareg attire

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - boy writing texts from the Holy Quran

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - tourists on a camel trip in the surrounding desert

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - old town scenery, mud brick house

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - the Sankorè Mosque, Timbuktu is on the Unesco World Heritage list

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - at the market

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - herbs and spices at the market

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - Tuareg girl pouring tea

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - man wit a traditional head scarf, turban

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - Tuareg women wearing tradtional jewelry

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - Tuareg girl wearing tradtional jewelry

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - kids and a donkey cart in the old town

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - girl posing with a Tuareg traditional head scarf, turban

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Pictures of Mali - Timbuktu - the sandstone buttresses of Hombori Tondo, near Douentza