Timbuktu’s Medieval Manuscripts Return Home After a Decade Away Safe From Insurgents

Timbuktu’s Medieval Manuscripts Return Home After a Decade Away Safe from Insurgents

Thousands of ancient Arabic texts have returned to their rightful place in the legendary Saharan trade city of Timbuktu after years of safe-keeping further south. Having undergone extensive digitization, fear that the content of the manuscripts may not survive the centuries due to security concerns or funding have abated somewhat. Mali was once the center […] The post Timbuktu’s Medieval Manuscripts Return Home After a Decade Away Safe from Insu…

Timbuktu's ancient manuscripts return home but security threats remain

The 28,000 ancient texts returned to Timbuktu in August after 13 years away.

Timbuktu’s Medieval Manuscripts Return Home After a Decade Away Safe from Insurgents

Stacks of Timbuktu manuscripts at the Ahmed Baba Institute – credit, UNESCO Bureau of Mali, CC 4.0. INT Thousands of ancient Arabic texts have returned to their rightful place in the legendary Saharan trade city of Timbuktu after years of safe-keeping further south. Having undergone extensive digitization, fear that the content of the manuscripts may not survive the centuries due to security concerns or funding have abated somewhat. Mali was onc…

Timbuktu manuscripts return home after 13 years

The city of Timbuktu has welcomed back tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts after a 13-year absence. The texts were smuggled to the capital city of Bamako…