Like the Ulpian Library itself, they continued the long tradition of Hellenistic public libraries, established by the most famous library of antiquity: the Library of Alexandria. Founded and ...

The researchers warn that the city - once home to two wonders of the ancient world, the Great Library of Alexandria and the ... This covered from Greece in the west, to Egypt in the south, Danube ...

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

Though visitors today may have missed their chance to see the Great Library ... of ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, indicative of the interwoven culture and history of Alexandria.

Official history asserts that the Jewish people have existed continuously from the time of Abraham to the present day, thanks ...

In the ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt, a great library burned. It was said by some to have held upwards of half a million ...

She taught philosophy and science at the famous Library of Alexandria, attracting students from across ... Sappho is one of the most renowned lyric poets of ancient Greece, often referred to as the ...

Ancient Greece’s ... the great city of Alexandria, Egypt, which, under the leadership of his general Ptolemy, became the preeminent Greek polis of science and civilization in the ancient world. Its ...

The historic Egyptian city of Alexandria is crumbling due to rising sea levels, scientists have found. Over the past decade, the rate at which buildings have collapsed along the ancient city's ...