Absolute Desert

Sahara with Michael Palin Season 1 Episode 3

Overview:
Michael reaches Timbuktu along with a camel train carrying the giant salt blocks that made the city one of the greatest centres of Islamic learning up until the 16th century. He wanders through the rubble that is 21st century Timbuktu to find the Imam who shows him original astronomical textbooks that predate Galileo's discoveries by 200 years.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : Michael Palin

Release Date : 2002-10-27

Duration : 60 menit

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Other Episodes (Season 1)

A Line in the Sand
1. A Line in the Sand
Destination Timbuktu
2. Destination Timbuktu
Absolute Desert
3. Absolute Desert
Dire Straits
4. Dire Straits

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