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Interesting. I wonder if there are any lost ancient Greek or Roman workds hidden among them.
1 posted on 08/03/2008 11:38:38 PM PDT by FreedomCalls
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To: FreedomCalls

Timbuktu. Isn’t that on the way to Bum**** Egypt?


2 posted on 08/03/2008 11:40:16 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (I am voting for McCain because he is white.)
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To: SunkenCiv; blam

ping


3 posted on 08/03/2008 11:54:18 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: FreedomCalls

I doubt it. Tombouctou is strickly islamic, anything sacrilegious was/is/will be destroyed.
Out good friend Qadaffi is spending $ 800M to built a mosque there, allegedly his mother was from Timbuktu. His goal is to have that region break away from the rest of Mali.


6 posted on 08/04/2008 12:02:53 AM PDT by RexFamilia
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The Rush to Save Timbuktu's Crumbling Manuscripts

That's a mighty nice thing to do for Limbaugh. I didn't know that The Rush was into that old crumbling manuscripts stuff.

12 posted on 08/04/2008 1:15:05 AM PDT by SolidWood (Obamarxislamism, the threat to our Republic!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Timbuktu and back -— ping


17 posted on 08/04/2008 3:00:51 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: FreedomCalls

Interesting. Of the groups that are “rushing” to preserve these manuscripts, how many are Islamic and how many are from the infidels?


20 posted on 08/04/2008 4:25:24 AM PDT by theBuckwheat
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To: FreedomCalls; SunkenCiv

Fascinating. Educational. Thanks for posting.

(ping)


21 posted on 08/04/2008 4:33:33 AM PDT by PGalt
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From the Desert, a Wellspring of Ancient Manuscripts
The Washington Post | June 25, 2003 | Philip Kennicot
Posted on 06/29/2003 7:34:52 AM PDT by SteveH
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Libraries in the sand reveal Africa’s academic past
Reuters via Yahoo | Fri Nov 10, 2006 | Nick Tattersall
Posted on 11/10/2006 2:19:31 PM PST by Pharmboy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1736532/posts

Libraries in the sand reveal Africa’s academic past
Reuters | 11/10/06 | Nick Tattersall
Posted on 11/12/2006 7:03:58 AM PST by Valin
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737274/posts


24 posted on 08/04/2008 8:48:55 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_________________________Profile updated Friday, May 30, 2008)
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