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Necropoleis in Mauritania · Mysteria

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🇲🇷 Mauritania

🇲🇷 Mauritania · Necropolis

Koumbi Saleh West Necropolis

Medieval Ghana Empire (9th–13th c. CE) · Soninke (Ghana Empire) / Sanhaja / Berber

Dune necropolis 800 m west of Koumbi Saleh with 300 tumuli and Kufic qubba.