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PMR643-07 
 Libya, Fezzan: Ghat, an oasis town and permanent Tuareg settlement on the Algerian border going back to Garamantian times (1st century BC). The abandoned mud brick medina dates back to the 12th century. 
 Keywords: Maghreb, historical oasis town, Tuareg architecture, adobe, mud brick buildings, Sahara Desert, sand dunes, sand-dune landscape, barren

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
Collection: Travel
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PMR643-07
Upload Date: 2012-11-10 13:31:01
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Libya, Fezzan: Ghat, an oasis town and permanent Tuareg settlement

on the Algerian border going back to Garamantian times (1st century BC). The abandoned mud brick medina dates back to the 12th century.
Keywords: Maghreb, historical oasis town, Tuareg architecture, adobe, mud brick buildings, Sahara Desert, sand dunes, sand-dune landscape, barren