The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website ... library of Alexandria It seems to have contained between 400.000 and 700.000 rolls of papyrus ...

Alexandria's library has been selected as one of the 20 best in the world by the leading travel guide Fodor's. Fodor's list of the World's 20 Most Stunning Libraries places the Bibliotheca ...

When Egypt's army asserted itself during the country's recent unrest, a main goal was to protect historical sites. But when it came to the Library of Alexandria, the demonstrators protected the ...