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The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu

The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu

legendary Timbuktu and its long hidden legacy of hundreds of thousands of ancient manuscripts. With its university founded around the same time as Oxford.       

The Image of Cleopatra

The Image of Cleopatra

Cleopatra, the last Egyptian Pharaoh, renowned for her beauty   Click on the article and interview below: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/also_in_the_news/7945333.stm   remains of the queen’s sister Princess Arsinoe, found in Ephesus, Turkey. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Buried city and 17 pyramids revealed by satellite An infra-red satellite image reveals the pattern of streets and houses in the buried ancient city […]