It has been a mere 2,000 years since this city’s great beacon of knowledge and learning -- its ancient library -- suffered one of history’s most famous fires. For a city with an eternal memory and the ...

The Great Library of Alexandria was once the most famous center of learning in the ancient world. But what became of it? In this episode, we explore the final chapter of the library’s history—what ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Alexandria Library is hosting a first-of-its-kind event Saturday with a goal of bringing neighborhoods together to help fill gaps in the documented history of Alexandria's ...

In October 1731, a fire at London’s Ashburnham House destroyed portions of the Old Royal Library and the Cotton library. Fortunately, the Old Royal Library’s most precious object, the Codex ...