Sociolingo posts an old map of Timbuktu, Mali: “Here is an old map of the ancient city of Timbuktu from the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas.” Global Voices stands out as ...

TIMBUKTU, Mali (CNN) -- "Going to Timbuktu and back" has long been a saying synonymous with going to extremes. But you have no idea just how extreme until you look at a map and see where Timbuktu ...

Timbuktu! No city in the world conjures such images of romance and adventure. NBC News' Richard Engel journeys to the lost city of gold — the end of the earth, terra incognita — where old maps ...

The Road to Timbuktu. A Long -- and Bumpy -- Quest for History in Mali. June 21, 2003 More than ...

Timbuktu, or Tombouctou in the French-African spelling, is a small city on the southern edge of the Sahara that was once an important center for trade and Islamic scholarship under the medieval ...

Set in the remote Sahara on a bend of the Niger River, Timbuktu, which is 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from Mali’s capital, Bamako, has, in truth, had far more urgent issues to cope with than its ...

Despite uncertainty and the ongoing conflict, Mali will work to rebuild and safeguard its cultural heritage, says the West African country's minister of culture Bruno Maïga.