Ptolemy’s son added Alexandria’s famous library to the Mouseion complex ... stop on his ill-fated campaign to subdue Egypt, in 1798, only a few ancient monuments and columns were still ...

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.

Travellers to Alexandria in Egypt can visit the restored apartment of Constantine Cavafy, the favourite bard of Jackie ...

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Unfortunately, ancient Alexandria's most important ... hosted a "daughter" branch of the Great Library. The city replaced Memphis as the capital of Egypt upon its founding. That, plus its prime ...

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

No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains, writes David ...

Ancient Egypt was one of the most scientifically ... Visit the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, a modern tribute to the ancient Library of Alexandria, where scholars once gathered to expand the frontiers ...

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Amulet inlay: figure of Anubis Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Inlay of mummy figure with human head Freer Gallery of Art and ...

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 ...