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Apr 12, 2005 · Skeletons on the Zahara chronicles the true story of twelve American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815, captured by desert nomads, sold into slavery, and subjected to a hellish two-month journey through the perilous heart of the Sahara.
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- Dean King
- Dean King
Feb 16, 2004 · A spectacular true odyssey through the extremes of the Sahara Desert in the early 19th century. Reader and protagonist alike are challenged into new ways of understanding culture clash, slavery and the place of Islam in the social fabric of desert-dwelling peoples.
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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival is a 2004 nonfiction book written by maritime historian Dean King. It is based on two of the survivors' journals, primarily Captain James Riley's memoir Sufferings in Africa.
- Dean King
- 2004
The fossils of whales vary from single bones to entire skeletons, and a number of partial skeletons are currently on display in the public part of the park. The two common whales are the large Basilosaurus , and the smaller (3- to 5-metre) Dorudon . [9]
Aug 27, 2021 · A team led by Egyptian scientists have dug up a 43 million-year-old fossil in the Sahara Desert in Egypt of a now-extinct amphibious four-legged whale. That's right, folks — a whale with legs.
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Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival is a gripping and remarkable national bestseller by award-winning author Dean King. The book tells the true story of twelve American sailors who were shipwrecked on the west coast of Africa in 1815 and enslaved by Arab nomads on the Sahara.
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