The Great Library of Alexandria is one of the most famous institutions of the ancient world, known for its vast collection of knowledge. But what, if anything, remains of it today? In this video, we ...

The loss of the ancient world's greatest repository of knowledge has been mourned for centuries—but Julius Caesar may not really be to blame. The 1876 painting Incendie Alexandrie by Hermann Goll ...

When the president unexpectedly fired the librarian of Congress, a prominent legislator denounced the “open despotism which now rules at Washington.” The year was 1829, and as Andrew Jackson installed ...

The Pioneer of Higher Learning Takshashila, located in present-day Pakistan, was among the earliest known centers of higher education, flourishing from at least the 5th century BCE. This renowned ...

The world’s oldest known library, the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal, in what is today Iraq, was created in the seventh century B.C.E. to store clay tablets used for recordkeeping. Its librarians ...

The year is 1925. The Great Gatsby is published, the jazz age is swinging, and on October 28th, a new concert hall opens at an unlikely spot — the Library of Congress, in Washington D.C. If only its ...