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  • The mysterious Ksar of Draa in Timimoun

    12/25/2024 6:20:25 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 20 replies
    ArcheoTravelers ^ | November 6, 2020 | editors / unattributed
    ...The Draa ksar rises majestically in the middle of an ocean of dunes. It has a characteristic circular shape, stands out in the middle of the desert and its history has been lost over the centuries...Not even the locals are able to provide information on this very particular structure, the only news related to it is that for a certain period of time it was occupied by the Jews of the Timimoun region...A circular wall, about two meters high, surrounds the ksar towards the outside. This is also a circular one, consisting of a double wall, the external one in...