We visited the Libraries in Chinguetti, Mauritania and met the custodian in this BBC Reel video [1] It’s an amazing place. The libraries date from the late 8th

We visited the Libraries in Chinguetti, Mauritania and met the custodian in this BBC Reel video [1] It’s an amazing place. The libraries date from the late 8th century CE, and as you can see, the scientific works were ahead of their time, for the average European at least! [1] https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p085dgnl/inside-the-abandoned-city-of-ancient-libraries https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p085dgnl/inside-the-abandoned... edit: typo