📜 Vast collection of ancient manuscripts in Timbuktu, Mali.
🔍 Highlights West African intellectual legacy from the Middle Ages.
📚 Explore a rich collection of up to 700,000 manuscripts
🌍 Discover Timbuktu's history as a center of trade and learning
📖 See examples of Arabic script dating back to the 13th century
🏛️ Visit libraries like Ahmed Baba Institute and Imam Essayouti
⚠️ Manuscripts at risk from Mali's rainy season
💣 Area experienced suicide bombing in 2013, though structures restored
🚧 Digitization efforts underway, physical access might be limited or require prior arrangement
📍 Some manuscripts can be visited at "Bibliothèques familiales des Imams Essayouti".
🌐 Digital images available through Library of Congress and British Library projects.
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