From the article:

Fabled Timbuktu, once the site of the world’s southernmost Islamic university, harbors thousands upon thousands of long-forgotten manuscripts. A dozen academic institutions from around the world are now working frantically to save and evaluate the crumbling documents.

Source: Der Spiegel (English)

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