When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the clay tablets were preserved by the heat. Selena Wisnom's new book reveals more ...

Inside a specially built, temperature controlled room at Hereford Cathedral, hundreds of medieval manuscripts sit chained to their shelves, exactly as they did centuries ago. Tech sector venture ...

Books represent knowledge, and by dedicating a library, one asserted his possession ... collecting knowledge from conquered civilizations. In ancient Greece and Rome, anybody who could read ...

Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...

A new book, The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom at the University of Leicester, UK, pieces together a vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life from the shattered remnants of the 30,000 or so ...