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The small oasis of Touezekt lies in the north-east of the Mauretanian Sahara, close to the provincial capital of Atar, which is roughly 500 km from the national capital of Nouakchott on the Atlantic. Atar has an airport and is thus an ideal point of departure for tourists on their trips to the famous desert city of Chinguetti. Most tourists, however, bypass Touezekt.
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Yet it is there that El Khalil Sidi Dah has opened a small museum documenting the rich cultural heritage of Mauretania.
Originally, the founder of this museum was a businessman. Later, he studied archaeology so that he could use his expertise to explore and protect the numerous archaelogical sites in the area,
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