On the ground, its rings are hard to appreciate; dunes, heat haze, and uneven terrain all conspire to hide the full shape.

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CHINGUETTI, Mauritania (AP) — For centuries, poets, scholars and theologians have flocked to Chinguetti, a trans-Saharan trading post home to more than a dozen libraries containing thousands of ...