The legendary library of Alexandria, also known as the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, reopened this week. It was closed for the last few weeks during the demonstrations, both to protect it from ...

What was lost when the legendary Library of Alexandria burned? In this episode of Kings and Generals, we explore the unimaginable knowledge, science, philosophy, and culture destroyed in one of ...

Illustration of the Great Library of Alexandria, Egypt, from Ward and Lock's Illustrated History of the World (c.1882). Photo: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Its rulers built a massive lighthouse at Pharos, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the famed Library of Alexandria. It was at the library that Archimedes invented the screw-shaped ...

But climb down a rickety ladder a few blocks from Alexandria’s harbor, and the legendary city suddenly looms into view. ... Ptolemy’s son added Alexandria’s famous library to the Mouseion ...

In Egypt, the legendary Library of Alexandria re-opened this week. It was closed for the last few weeks during that country's uprising, both to protect the library from vandalism, and to protest a ...