12 of the World’s Most Mysterious Monuments & Ruins

Timbuktu , also spelled as Tinbuktu, Timbuctoo and Timbuktoo , is an ancient city in Mali, situated 20 km (12 mi) north of the Niger River. The town is the capital of the Timbuktu Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali. It had a population of 54,453 in the 2009 census.