Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday cancelled the grand opening later this month of the New Alexandria Library, charging that Israel had spoiled the party due to its military offensive.

Rome turned Egypt into a colony after her death ... Christian mobs played some part in the destruction of the Library of Alexandria; the exact causes and dates of assaults on the library are ...

The Egyptian parliament received on Saturday an urgent letter from the government denying as baseless reports that Israel has contributed financially to building the Library of Alexandria.

By the time Napoleon invaded Egypt, in 1798, Alexandria had become a humble Ottoman port. How was the Great Library of Alexandria destroyed? Of all the Library's possible fates, the truth is ...

At the dawn of the Common Era, the Egyptian city of Alexandria boasted the greatest library of the ancient world. It would last only until 30 BC, when Cleopatra had her fatal encounter with the ...

Sat on the western edge of the Nile River delta, Egypt was founded around 331 ... earthquakes between 956 and 1303 AD. The Great Library of Alexandria was one of the largest and most significant ...