Timbucktoo Collection

West African Tuareg Horse Warriors
West African Tuareg Warriors, in traditional veiled headdresses, all mounted on fine horse and carrying spears and enormous shields

Mali - Tuareg men from Timbucktu
Mali - Two Tuareg men from Timbucktu, holding spears. The Tuareg are a Berber nomadic pastoralist people, known as the People of the Veil

Vehicle which crossed the Sahara Desert
A Citroen caterpillar half-track vehicle which crossed the Sahara desert, travelling 3200km in 22 days between Touggourt, Algeria and Timbucktu in Mali (between 17th December 1922 to 7th January 1923)

Timbuktu, Mali - House belonging to Caille
Timbuktu, Mali - the house owned and occupied by the French explorer Rene Caille in 1828

Timbuktu, Mali - House belonging to Barth
Timbuktu, Mali - House belonging to German Explorer Heinrich Barth (occupied 1853 - 1854)

Timbuktu, Mali - House belonging to Lenz
Timbuktu, Mali - the house owned and occupied by the Austrian explorer Lenz in 1880

Timbuktu, Mali - Local Musician (cartoon)
1st prize at the Timbuktu Conservatoire! A local musician playing a simple guitar-like instrument, played with a bow

Timbuktu, Mali - The Wood Market
The Wood Market - Timbuktu, Mali

Timbuktu, Mali - Sankore Mosque
Timbuktu, Mali - the Sankore Mosque (constructed c.11th century) can be seen rising about the mudbrick rooftops in the North of the city

Mali - Timbuktu - Water Carrier and Banana plant
Timbuktu, Mali. A water carrier standing alongside a Banana plant

Mali - Timbuktu - official buildings

Mali - Timbuktu - Home of Laing
Timbuktu, Mali - the house owned and occupied by the British explorer Laing during September 1826

Mali - Timbuktu - Tuaregs
A group of Tuareg Horsemen and foot soldiers - Timbuktu, Mali

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