In 48 B.C., Julius Caesar was engaged in a fierce battle for power against his arch rival Pompey. By this time, the Romans largely controlled Egypt, though the descendants of Ptolemy still ruled ...

The Great Library of Alexandria remains one of history's most famous intellectual centers, symbolizing the vast accumulation ...

Explore The Lost Libraries of Antiquity beyond Alexandria. Discover forgotten repositories like Ashurbanipal's and Pergamum's ...

Maktabat al-Iskandariya stands along the seaside Corniche in the El Shatby district of Alexandria, close to the Eastern Harbour and not far from Alexandria University’s main campus; it is reached by ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story of Alexandria is a myth—in fact a collection of myths and legends, sometimes competing with each other—to which the ...

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French soldiers arrest presumed Somali pirates in the eastern part of the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast. The Library of Alexandria's collection includes texts many in the Muslim world consider ...

Whenever we here at NPR want to learn something or have a pressing question, we go to the legendary Kee Malesky, our longest-serving librarian, who prowls through the precincts of all knowledge. Kee ...