Koumbi Saleh
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Koumbi Saleh, or Kumbi Saleh, is the site of a ruined ancient and medieval city in south east Mauritania that may have been the capital of the Ghana Empire. It is also a commune with a population of 1
Archaeological site of Koumbi Saleh
Column Tomb with remains of the corner columns still intact
Individual burial from the Column Tomb with isolated stele placed at the head
Epigraphic shale plate from Koumbi Saleh bearing religious formulae and geometric decorations exposed at the National Museum Nouakchott
Djenné
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Djenné is a town and urban commune in the Inland Niger Delta region of central Mali. The town is the administrative centre of the Djenné Cercle, one of the eight subdivisions of the Mopti Region. The
Koumbi Saleh
…has argued that the archaeological site of Koumbi Saleh in fact represents the Berber town of Awdaghost, and that the capital of the Ghana Empire was Djenne. According to the archaeologist Kevin MacDonald: "Koumbi Saleh has a relatively sparse archaeological hinterland in an arid landscape, appearing to…
Street market and Great Mosque of Djenné
Passenger vehicles on the Bani River ferry near Djenné.
Houses in Djenné with Toucouleur-style façades from a postcard by Edmond Fortier published in 1906.
A street scene in Djenné from Timbuctoo: the Mysterious by Félix Dubois published in 1896.