Timbuktu is also no longer immune to the ideological ... manuscripts at the Spanish-funded Bibliothèque Fondo Kati, whose treasures include a priceless illuminated Koran made in Ceuta, Andalusia ...

Timbuktu was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1988 for its Outstanding Universal Value as an African intellectual and spiritual capital in the 15th and 16th centuries. Among its treasures were ...

In the ancient caravan city of Timbuktu, many nights before I encountered the bibliophile or the marabout, or comforted the Green Beret's girlfriend, I was summoned to a rooftop to meet the salt ...

Over the past five decades, the World Heritage Convention has protected and promoted humanity’s treasures and transformed the way ... conviction for intentional destruction of heritage in Timbuktu, ...