"Like pieces of a giant archaeological puzzle." Built on Egypt's Mediterranean coast during the third century B.C.E., the ...

Ancient Alexandria was founded in Egypt by Alexander the Great. Alexander's successor, Ptolemy I Soter, founded the library, which is believed to have also been referred to as the museum.

Thirty years after its discovery, pieces of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which stood watch long ago in the harbors of ...

Egypt and the UN cultural body, UNESCO, are reviving the 2000-year-old Great Alexandria Library, one of the largest libraries in the world.

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 ...