A museum guard picks up boxes holding ancient manuscripts, which were partially damaged by Islamist rebels, at the Ahmed Baba Institute, or Ahmed Baba Centre for Documentation and Research, in ...

BAMAKO, Mali — The Malian military government on Monday started returning home the historic manuscripts of Timbuktu, which were spirited out of their fabled northern city when it was occupied by ...

AGADEZ, Niger (AP) – Booms from rocket launchers and automatic gunfire crackled Sunday around Mali’s fabled town of Timbuktu, known as an ancient seat of Islamic learning, for its 700-year-old mud ...

In Timbuktu, copying Arabic manuscripts was once a prestigious occupation. Today, it is a spiritual enterprise that speaks to one man’s heart. omemade twig pens stand like off-duty soldiers in a jar ...

In 2012, Islamist militants overran northern Mali, and an al Qaeda affiliate took control of Timbuktu and started destroying things. Some of the ancient structures, dating back to when Timbuktu was a ...

In a first, International Criminal Court lists destroying cultural artifacts as a war crime The city of Timbuktu in Mali is a UNESCO World Heritage site founded in fifth century In a historic first, ...

An international group of experts convened in Mali’s capital, Bamako on Wednesday to examine conservation measures needed to save Timbuktu’s ancient manuscripts. The texts were smuggled out of ...

1 of 6 — Men look over ancient manuscripts Tuesday that were destroyed at the Ahmed Baba Institute in Timbuktu. The manuscripts date back to the 13th century. 2 of 6 — The library held about 20,000 ...

REUTERS - Al Qaeda-linked Islamists have begun destroying Timbuktu's ancient religious and historical sites, arguing they are un-Islamic. Here is a look at Timbuktu and a brief guide to what remains ...

This post has been updated and corrected. Please see the notes below. As the Malian military tried to retake the storied city of Timbuktu from Islamic extremists, scholars feared for the fate of ...

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Homemade twig pens stand like off-duty soldiers in a jar on Boubacar Sadeck's worktable. The morning sun steals into a room stuffed with a jumble of papers, ink bottles and stretched animal hides. He ...