In 48 B.C., Julius Caesar was engaged in a fierce battle for power against his arch rival Pompey. By this time, the Romans largely controlled Egypt, though the descendants of Ptolemy still ruled ...

Luke Caverns explores the origins & destruction of Alexandria's Library at the hands of the Roman Emperors. What knowledge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The story of Alexandria is a myth—in fact a collection of myths and legends, sometimes competing with each other—to which the ...

The fabled Library of Alexandria is one of the most famous structures of the ancient world, up there with the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and other architectural wonders ...

2002: The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is officially dedicated in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria. It is a conscious attempt, even down to its Latin name, to recreate the Royal Library of Alexandria, ...

It was meant to be the library that recaptured the ancient glories of Alexandria, providing a new home for the world's knowledge almost 2,000 years after its predecessor was burnt to the ground. But ...

The Library of Alexandria has become a symbol of lost knowledge, but its destruction was not a single simple event. This story examines what the library may have contained, how it vanished over time, ...