The ancient Library of Alexandria, built in the city founded by Alexander the Great, was one of the greatest wonders of the ...

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 ...

The city has long been Egypt’s gateway to the world. From ancient times it was a cosmopolitan ... No place better embodies that effort than the Library of Alexandria, a gleaming, modern facility ...

Once pearl of the Eastern Mediterranean, Alexandria, Egypt has long ... There is the elegant new library, for example, which the government built in 2002, and the ancient bars where silent men ...

When the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt was completed ... he founded its celebrated library, commenced a record of Egyptian history, and established a thriving trading hub that connected ...