Ptolemy’s son added Alexandria’s famous library to ... have come from its ruins. No one knows exactly what the Pharos looked like. Literary references and sketches from ancient times describe ...

but by an ancient library in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, circa 283 BC? Named after Alexander the Great, the city of Alexandria was once home to the world’s greatest archive of knowledge.

For many years, tales were told in Alexandria of fabulous statues and ... the plotting of a detailed and accurate map of the mass of ruins is a necessary first step to figuring out what one ...

Unfortunately, ancient Alexandria's most important ... is near where the ancient Library once stood. A few kilometers south, sightseers can also visit the ruins of the Serapeum, a temple that ...

The settlement was found at the site of Kom el-Nugus in northern Egypt, about 27 miles (43 kilometers) west of Alexandria on a ... Researchers found the older ancient Egyptian settlement while ...

Heron, the great inventor of Alexandria, described in detail what is thought to be the first working steam engine. He called it an aeolipile, or "wind ball". His design was a sealed caldron of water ...