The origins of the Library of Alexandria are still debated by historians, but it was likely established around 295 B.C.E.

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

Today, the imposing modern library of Alexandria stands among the faded vestiges of what was a wonderful corniche ... In Kom el-Dikka — a residential neighborhood during Greco-Roman times — we find ...

“I was born and raised in a library, more or less,” Koch says. Annie Schlechter Filter and Peter Koch’s library of 7,000 items goes back to the 16th century and includes a prized 1928 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Beside the monolithic column, stands the Roman copies of the Sphinx, Pompey’s Pillar, Alexandria, Egypt Archaeological site at the Ruins of the Pompey’s Pillar, Alexandria, Egypt The giant Corinthian ...

Plus, she is just the coolest. So I’m including it. The Library of Alexandria, of course, comes in as the most well known, and for a reason. It amassed a truly staggering collection. Estimates ...

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 ...