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Digging for the Truth: Timbuktu

Digging for the Truth (2007)

Documentary, Historical, Mystery | United States

Director: Brian Leckey, Vicky Matthews

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SEASON: 4

EPISODE: 7 - Timbuktu

SYNOPSIS

Few names conjure as much mystery as that of Timbuktu. For centuries, Europeans heard legends of a mythical city in the heart of the Sahara, the source of endless caravans of gold. But it took 500 years to find it, and by then the glory was gone.

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Writer: Josh Bernstein, Ann Carroll

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