[DOC] [TLE] The salt workers of the Danakil depression, Ethiopia | Christina Feldt [PAR] Feb 3, 2013 ... The Danakil depression is home to the fierce Afar people who live in ... In the past
, the salt blocks  called amol  were used all over Ethiopia as money. ... the 
workers lift the big slab of salt, which is cut into tiles of standard... [DOC] [TLE] Africa's Danakil Desert, Cruelest Place on Earth - National ... [PAR] ... Danakil Desert. But for the Afar people this is a home to die for. ... this directive]. 
Africa's Danakil Desert @ National Geographic Magazine .... In the past the salt 
blocks (called amol) were used through-out Ethiopia as money. Although hard... [DOC] [TLE] Danakil Depression: Incredible pictures of vast desert ... - Daily Mail [PAR] May 17, 2013 ... The Danakil Depression in Ethiopia is one of the hottest and harshest ... with the 
construction of a paved road cutting through the Danakil Depression. .... from 
Mekele to Berahile, a town two days' trek by camel from the Afar salt .... The salt 
blocks, which were once used as a unit of money, are sold across... [DOC] [TLE] Ethiopia tourism: into the desert (Cond Nast Traveller) [PAR] Oct 21, 2015 ... The Afar lead Stanley Stewart through the deserts of the Danakil depression. ... 
piles of rectangular salt blocks gift-wrapped in white acacia bark. ... They got the 
worst cuts of meat and the others, Thesiger reports, would use them as .... Once 
used as currency throughout the Horn of Africa and beyond, these... [DOC] [TLE] Gateway To Hell: Salt Mining In One Of The Hottest Inhabited Places ... [PAR] The Danakil Depression, located in Ethiopia's Danakil Desert, has been dubbed 
... For hundreds of years the Afar people have produced salt by cutting blocks 
from ... The salt blocks, which were once used as a unit of money, are sold across
... [DOC] [TLE] The Danakil Depression, Part II: The Acid Lakes of the Dallol ... [PAR] Dec 8, 2012 ... The Danakil Depression, Part II: The Acid Lakes of the Dallol Volcano. ... The Afar 
use axes and long sticks to break the salt crust and lift up large slabs. ... Instead, 
they were cutting up the large slabs into market sized blocks. ... Although he won't 
make a lot of money with that little rock he got in Indonesia. [DOC] [TLE] "White Gold" of Ethiopia | The Wider Image | Reuters [PAR] Mar 4, 2014 ... ... crust of sulphur and mineral salt formations in the Danakil Depression  one of 
... of camels in order to collect blocks of salt, once used as a form of currency and 
.... constant procession, cutting across the whiteness of the cracked desert. ... 
Overlapping the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia, Eritrea and... [DOC] [TLE] Four Days in the Danakil  Selamta [PAR] Exploring the fierce desert of northeastern Ethiopia. ... Until the early 20th century
, salt blocks (amole) were used as currency in Ethiopia. The salt mine... [DOC] [TLE] Change looms for Ethiopia's ancient salt trade | Reuters [PAR] May 17, 2013 ... Although the road being cut through the Danakil Depression is making it ... a 
town two days' trek by camel from the Afar salt deposits that one of ... The salt 
blocks, which were once used as a unit of money, are sold across... [DOC] [TLE] PowerPoint ** [PAR] For centuries Ethiopians have made the long trek to the Danakil Depression ... 
the camel caravans used for carrying salt through the Danakil desert in the Afar 
Triangle. ... Unfortunately, they were not doing it , they were cutting up the large 
slabs into market sized blocks. ... Salt used to act as a form of currency in the 
region. [DOC] [TLE] The Afar. aka My Danakil Depression, Ethiopia | YellowWood ... [PAR] Aug 29, 2016 ... The Danakil Depression, in the northern part of the Afar region is the hottest .... 
He climbed the rope to the tree but Fatima cut it and the lion fell in the ... Salt 
blocks have been traded and used

Question: The Afar cut blocks of this from the Danakil Desert & used it as a currency
Answer: salt