By the time Napoleon invaded Egypt, in 1798, Alexandria had become a humble Ottoman port. How was the Great Library of Alexandria destroyed? Of all the Library's possible fates, the truth is ...

The library of the city was an encyclopedia ... Like so many young people, however, Salah has considered leaving Alexandria and Egypt. Twelve years after the Arab Spring, a leaden mood hangs ...

Rome turned Egypt into a colony after her death ... Christian mobs played some part in the destruction of the Library of Alexandria; the exact causes and dates of assaults on the library are ...

Egypt is one of those few mythical travel ... the scope and importance of the Serapeum cannot be understated. The Great ...

Sat on the western edge of the Nile River delta, Egypt was founded around 331 ... earthquakes between 956 and 1303 AD. The Great Library of Alexandria was one of the largest and most significant ...

Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday cancelled the grand opening later this month of the New Alexandria Library, charging that Israel had spoiled the party due to its military offensive.

Alexandria is the second largest city in Egypt, with over five million inhabitants. As a political centre in ancient times, the former location of the renowned ancient Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and a ...

Named after Alexander the Great, the city of Alexandria was once home to the world’s greatest archive of knowledge. Established by an exiled Athenian statesman the “universal library” of ...