The origins of the Library of Alexandria are still debated by historians, but it was likely established around 295 B.C.E. during the reign of Ptolemy I — and it was the center of knowledge in the ...

Alexandria is a city in northern Egypt on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the second largest city in Egypt and is ...

On the Conquest of Constantinople is one of the most important historical sources on the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of ...

The loss of Madlib's vinyl collection has been described by several observers as "the hip-hop version of the burning of the library of Alexandria". Several artists have shown their support for Madlib ...

Under his rule, Alexandria flourished as a hub of culture, trade, and learning. Ptolemy founded the Great Library of Alexandria and the associated Mouseion, which became centres of knowledge in the ...

DUBAI, 27th December, 2017 (WAM) -- The Library of Alexandria has established the Arab Reading Challenge (ARC) wing with 150,000 books in various genres including fiction, history, science and more.

Credit: Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons (left) Stella / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 (right) Archaeologists have uncovered the head of a Ptolemaic period Greek statue at the ruins of a 7th-century ...

“Daughter of Ruins” centers Demitra, an unyielding artist whose life is a product of generations of powerful Greek women — similar to Corporon herself. “Daughter of Ruins,” published in ...

Want to share your experience with this dealership? I’ve been coming to Alexandria Passport for 12 years & Yves Badji has always taken great care of me . He checks in, makes sure all my ...

Of the Library of Alexandria, whose gigantic, uncontrollable ... agonizing under the weight of their young ruins: “They shoot great cities, don’t they?” I re-read what I said about a certain city in ...