Was the famous story of the Great Fire of Alexandria just a myth? Did Christians really burn the Library or is the truth more ...

Over 2,300 years ago, people traveled from all over the region to study at the library at Alexandria, Egypt, the best-stocked facility of its age. Now a new library is set to open along the same ...

The great library, established in 283 BCE, evolved into a repository of information for over 100 scholars at times. At its apex, it was full of as many as 700,000 scrolls in Greek. Collections ...

Dating from the fifth century, the Codex Alexandrinus was created in Alexandria, around the time the Egyptian city’s great library and museum, established by Alexander the Great, were fading ...

The device al-Biruni devised is the progenitor of the modern density bottle that was reinvented in the 18th century.

However, if you were to travel forward in time to visit Alexandria 800 years later, in the fifth century of our era, you would find no trace of the Great Library of Alexandria, nor of its sister ...

The burning of the Library of Alexandria is often referenced in modern culture to signify great loss. And it's true — losing a library would be a devastating blow to any community and the ...