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 ...

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.

Those ancient books are gone forever, but there’s room for 8 million recent publications. The Burning of the Library of Alexandria in 1876. Getty Images The Bibliotheca is an important cultural ...

Unfortunately, ancient Alexandria's most important sites have ... some of the material from the Lighthouse. The modern Bibliotheca Alexandrina is near where the ancient Library once stood.

Visit the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, a modern tribute to the ancient Library of Alexandria, where scholars once gathered to expand the frontiers of knowledge. Finally, stand by the shimmering sea at ...