See map at left.) It is the center’s mission to address the ... For Murphy, such glaring disparities are commonplace. But that detour into Timbuktu revealed a snapshot that even he found unsettling: ...

In the ancient caravan city of Timbuktu, many nights before I encountered the bibliophile or the marabout, or comforted the Green Beret's girlfriend, I was summoned to a rooftop to meet the salt ...

It's actually no joke, but a true story – and one which has helped put three very different areas, separated by thousands of miles, on the map. Dull is a village in ... which is home to about 6,000 ...

In a Catalan Atlas map from 1375, a drawing of an African king sits on a golden throne atop Timbuktu, holding a piece of gold in his hand. Timbuktu became an African El Dorado and people came from ...

There were more than 400 cities in the Niger Delta. Timbuktu became the heart of his empire, the centre of trade and culture. News of wealth and learning spread far and wide. Traders and scholars ...

Scholars from Timbuktu drank from these wells ... Pages crazed with jottings about devastating heat. Inked maps of pilgrim roads. Divinations of Bedouin fire doctors. Bearings for remote wells.

Whether you’re driving to the local mall or road trippin’ across the sands to Timbuktu, there’s bound to be a way to ... tourist information office or your automobile club for free maps and ...

You can find your way around our campus using our interactive maps. All of our buildings are in the same general area of the city and are within easy walking distance of each other, making getting ...

Timbuktu became a learning hub ... His famous pilgrimage to Mecca put Mali on the map, attracting attention from far and wide. His interactions with other rulers and dignitaries during his ...