#Library containing 000s of ancient #manuscripts torched as Northern #Mali rebels flee #Timbucktu; slice of world #heritage 'lost #forever'—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) January 28, 2013
Texts in #Arabic, #Hebrew, #Turkish + numerous #African languages on subjects such #astronomy, #gender & #music 'lost' tinyurl.com/ay2t32s—
Asad Yawar (@Mediolana) January 28, 2013
That’s tragic news. A devastating loss of priceless manuscripts that have, in many cases, been preserved for hundreds of years.
Indeed. The tragic irony is that a project to digitise the manuscripts kicked off in 2009, but was only partially completed at the time of this attack.