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 ...

Sat on the western edge of the Nile River delta, Egypt was founded around 331 BC by Alexander ... it was severely damaged by three earthquakes between 956 and 1303 AD. The Great Library of Alexandria ...

Like her ancestors, she ruled Egypt from the royal quarter ... a matter of speculation, as is the great library’s exact location. Even so, ancient Alexandria’s remains are perhaps being ...

Born in Syracuse, Sicily (then part of Greece), in about 287 B.C., Archimedes traveled to Egypt at the age of 18 to study at the great library of Alexandria. Upon completing his studies ...