Polish photographer Michal Huniewicz, 31, has been traveling the world for the last seven years with the goal of visiting and photographing some of the most interesting – and remote – places on earth. And while on a trip through Mauritania in West Africa, Huniewicz discovered the ancient stone city of Chinguetti, a remote destination home to to one of the world’s most impressive collections of ancient Islamic manuscripts.
“I love libraries and old books,” Huniewicz told weather.com. “I felt like I had found treasure within the stone labyrinth of Chinguetti [seeing] all those old manuscripts and vellums.”
From Amazing Photos of the Sahara Desert’s Lost Libraries (PHOTOS) | The Weather Channel (Pretty sure this is the first time in almost 16 years I’ve posted a link to The Weather Channel)
Polish photographer Michal Huniewicz, 31, has been traveling the world for the last seven years with the goal of visiting and photographing some of the most interesting – and remote – places on earth. And while on a trip through Mauritania in West Africa, Huniewicz discovered the ancient stone city of Chinguetti, a remote destination home to to one of the world’s most impressive collections of ancient Islamic manuscripts.
“I love libraries and old books,” Huniewicz told weather.com. “I felt like I had found treasure within the stone labyrinth of Chinguetti [seeing] all those old manuscripts and vellums.”
From Amazing Photos of the Sahara Desert’s Lost Libraries (PHOTOS) | The Weather Channel (Pretty sure this is the first time in almost 16 years I’ve posted a link to The Weather Channel)
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