The Timbuktu Curriculum
Minbar
This set of wooden steps, called a "minbar," is from northern Morocco and was probably used in a mosque in a small village. One of the most valuable artifacts in the Islamic Moorish Spain exhibit, it is approximately 200 years old.
LEGACY OF TIMBUKTU
"In the last millennium an important global legacy was uncovered—the literate culture of AFRICA!"
This legacy lives in the extraordinary richness of historical manuscripts that still survive.
