Article Title

The Desert Libraries of Timbuktu

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Keywords

ancient manuscripts, teachings, astronomy, medicine

Abstract

The Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution have opened an exhibit titled “Ancient Manuscripts from the Desert Libraries of Timbuktu,” the famous trading town at the edge of the Sahara Desert in Mali. The manuscripts include Qur’anic teachings, mathematics, physics, medicine, and astronomy.

Recommended Citation

(2003) "The Desert Libraries of Timbuktu," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 23: No. 5, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol23/iss5/5