On the streets of Alexandria, Egypt, a mob led by Peter the Lector brutally murdered Hypatia, one of the last great thinkers of ancient Alexandria. Mary Evans Picture Library / Alamy One day on the ...

The new library in Alexandria, Egypt, is vast and ambitious, but it may never resonate with any of the power of the great library of old, writes Amy E. Schwartz, who covers cultural issues for The ...

What happened to the Fairview Branch Library? When will it open? Libraries have been susceptible to destruction by invading armies and barbarian hordes throughout history. Sometimes these venerable ...

Among the most tragic events in human cultural history was the destruction of works from the great library of Alexandria. Blamed on Julius Caesar as well as later Christian and Muslim zealots, the net ...

It's said that in 48 BC, a large portion of the Great Library of Alexandria's collection was destroyed in a fire started by Julius Caesar during Caesar's Civil War. By that time, Alexandria, Egypt, ...