People all over the world can now view an array of manuscripts, music, art and heritage sites including over 40 000+ digitised endangered manuscripts many of which were smuggled to safety during political unrest in Mali.

This also contains more than 50 exhibits which include the first online, interactive tours of some of Mali’s most significant historic sites, at-risk mausoleums and mosques including the Sidi Yahiya and Djinguereber Mosques and the Tomb of Askia, all created using Street View.

Denzil Taylor speaks to Chance Coughenour, Program Manager and Digital Archaeologist at Google Arts & Culture about the digitization of the Timbuktu manuscripts.