In the ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt, a great library burned. It was said by some to have held upwards of half a million ...

Like the Ulpian Library itself, they continued the long tradition of Hellenistic public libraries, established by the most famous library of antiquity: the Library of Alexandria ... conquered ...

In the past 20 years, 280 buildings in this 2,300-year-old port city — known for being the birthplace of Cleopatra and the ancient home of the famed Library of Alexandria — have collapsed due ...

Alexandria, Egypt's historic coastal city, is grappling with severe consequences of climate change. Rising sea levels and coastal erosion are threatening this millennia-old metropolis, once home to ...