By this time, the Romans largely controlled Egypt, though the descendants ... The flames soon reached the beloved Library of Alexandria. It is believed that nearly 10 percent of the building ...

Here’s how it works. The famous library of Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the most important repositories of knowledge in the ancient world. Built in the fourth century B.C., it flourished for ...

Egypt is one of those few mythical travel ... the scope and importance of the Serapeum cannot be understated. The Great ...

Egypt included, under his control. Because of their Greco-Macedonian origin, historians suspect that many of the books inside the Library of Alexandria would have been written in Greek.

Islam Issa’s Alexandria: The City that Changed the World is a history of Egypt’s second city ... such as the Library of Alexandria, with its large columns and sculptures, and ceiling-high ...

Alexandria, Egypt’s second biggest city and the capital ... It's also 2 km from the modernist Library of Alexandria. The antiques-filled rooms feature gilded walls and hand-decorated high ...

Alexandria, Egypt's fabled second city and its biggest ... Destruction and rebuilding is nothing new to a city that once was home to the Library of Alexandria, the world's greatest temple of ...

One of the few women who ruled ancient Egypt, Cleopatra VII was destined ... Written sources about Cleopatra are also scant. The library of Alexandria was destroyed multiple times, taking ...

Embark on an unforgettable journey through Egypt’s two most iconic cities ... a modern tribute to the ancient Library of Alexandria, where scholars once gathered to expand the frontiers of ...

That would leave 30 percent of Alexandria flooded, a quarter of the population having to be rehoused and 195,000 jobs lost. Such a catastrophe will have dramatic repercussions for Egypt's 104 ...