Faith and studyBuilt with mud bricks by the great Mali emperor Mansa Musa, the 14th-century Djinguereber mosque is Timbuktu’s oldest standing building. Long revered as a place of learning ...

Sidi Yahia and Djingarei-ber mosques have been maintained and remain major attractions in the city today. The latter, Timbuktu’s oldest, was built in the early 14th century, while the Sankore ...

when people walk around the mud mosque in northern Mali. The worshippers had to use a different path than usual because of renovations to the 14th Century building. Timbuktu, in the Sahara Desert, was ...

Thousands of pilgrims come to Timbuktu for the prophet's birthday ... of a bottleneck caused by renovation work on the 14th-century mosque, made largely from mud. "People were circling the mosque ...

These 14th- and 15th-century places of worship were also ... But with major improvements to the preservation of the three ancient mosques Timbuktu earned its way off that list in 2005.

But another of its famous mosques was destroyed, as were shrines that had stood since Timbuktu's golden era ... that interested Europeans. And a 14th century Malian king named Mansa Musa gave ...

Islamist fighters in Timbuktu have destroyed two tombs at the northern Malian city's famous Djingareyber mosque, residents have said. Eyewitnesses said the militants shot in the air to warn people ...