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The Water Engineers Who Built Timbuktu's Canals
Long before the legendary mosques and libraries, Timbuktu's survival depended on its water supply. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the sophisticated hydraulic engineering that sustained the city at the edge of the Sahara. They follow the traces of qanat-inspired underground channels, the seasonal flood canals of the Niger Bend, and the forgotten network of wells and cisterns that made urban life possible in one of the world's driest regions. Drawing on the Tarikh al-Sudan and recent archaeological surveys, they examine how Songhai, Malian, and Tuareg engineers adapted…
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