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Excavation ongoing ancient cities in Mauritania · Mysteria

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Excavation ongoing ancient cities in Mauritania

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🇲🇷 Mauritania

Excavation ongoing

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🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient city

Chinguetti

Medieval to Early Modern (13th–19th c; library peak 17th–18th c) · Berber / Arab / Alkhalid

13th c scholar-ksar with 20-m square minaret and 5 manuscript libraries 1400+ codices.

🇲🇷 Mauritania · Ancient city

Walata — Medieval Ksar and Manuscript City

Ghana to Mali to Songhai medieval (11th c. CE foundation; 14th c. peak Ibn Battuta 1352) · Soninke → Berber → Mali Empire caravan scholars

Walata occupied 1000–, Ibn Battuta 1352, manuscript ksar.