The story of Alexandria is a myth—in fact a collection of myths and legends, sometimes competing with each other—to which the popular imagination continues to cling. The idea of a truly universal ...

In October 1731, a fire at London’s Ashburnham House destroyed portions of the Old Royal Library and the Cotton library. Fortunately, the Old Royal Library’s most precious object, the Codex ...

The fabled Library of Alexandria is one of the most famous structures of the ancient world, up there with the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and other architectural wonders ...

Introduction : Alexandria in history and myth / Roy MacLeod -- Pt. 1. Alexandria in history and myth. Ch. 1. Before Alexandria : libraries in the Ancient Near East / D. T. Potts ; Ch. 2. Alexandria : ...

The new library in Alexandria, Egypt, is vast and ambitious, but it may never resonate with any of the power of the great library of old, writes Amy E. Schwartz, who covers cultural issues for The ...

“But libraries, museums, and schools are fragile institutions; they cannot long survive violent assaults. A way of life was dying.” That quote is from Stephen Greenblatt’s book “The Swerve.” He’s ...

In ancient world the Library at Alexandria, Egypt was the meeting place where philosophical, spiritual, and cosmological teachings met to create a vital cultural environment. But the Library ...

Polish archaeologists have unearthed 13 lecture halls believed to be the first traces ever found of ancient Egypt’s University of Alexandria, the head of the project said Wednesday. “This is the ...

In an effort to save the future of the Library of Alexandria, blockchain technology could help preserve records and archive systems. The study of history and ancient people is immensely important to ...