Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...

It reflects on the evolution of libraries from ancient times, highlighting key figures like Aristotle and Gutenberg, and the transition from papyrus to modern books. The narrative emphasizes the ...

The "Dead Sea Scrolls" exhibit, announced at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, features ancient Jewish ...

but by an ancient library in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, circa 283 BC? Named after Alexander the Great, the city of Alexandria was once home to the world’s greatest archive of knowledge.

As a scholar of libraries in the Greek and Roman world, I was struck by the similarities between presidential and ancient libraries – some of which were explicitly designed to honor deceased ...

Inside a specially built, temperature controlled room at Hereford Cathedral, hundreds of medieval manuscripts sit chained to their shelves, exactly as they did centuries ago. We explore how maple ...

a great library in the center of Rome, was founded by Emperor Trajan, who ruled around the turn of the second century C.E. Referenced often by ancient authors, it could have been the first such ...

The ancient African town of Chinguetti was once a stopover for trade caravans and pilgrims in the Sahara Desert. As many of the people passing through were rich and educated, libraries started ...

According to Li, digitization involves scanning ancient books to create a searchable database. Cataloging establishes a ...