Archaeologists want to promote old Islamic sites in Morocco

A group of archeological experts held talks in the capital of Bahrain, Manama to discuss ways of promoting and preserving Africa’s old Islamic sites, Reuters reports. Their meeting took part of the Islamic Archaeology in Global Perspective conference organized in the gulf kingdom.

The conference aims to highlight the richness of Islamic archeology sites in the African continent and most particularly Morocco, where volubilis is considered to be one of the most valuable historical ruins in North Africa.

«In Morocco for example, we have at the site of Volubilis, a famous site, a UNESCO site, wonderful evidence of the transformation of diet, the transformation of burial practices, for the use of new types of dishes, cooking practices that all come in the 8th century. So this would suggest that in that area at least a very early spread of Islam. Now that is not the case everywhere in North Africa», said Dr Corsiande Fenwick, a lecturer in Mediterranean archaeology as the British news agency states.

Archeologists from 14 Muslim countries raised their worries during the conference concerning the archeological sites in the continent, pointing out that some of these treasures are neglected.