Echo Press2d
Return your lost, overdue book to Douglas County Library in January with no fines
Look farther under the bed and under the seats of the vehicle to find those overdue books, movies or other library items,” ...
Greek Reporter8d
The Story of Alexandria, the Iconic City of the Ancient Greek World
After the conquests of Alexander the Great in Egypt, the Ptolemaic dynasty established Alexandria, the jewel of the ...
Echo Press12d
New library in Alexandria makes progress
DOUGLAS COUNTY — More steps were taken toward the proposed new Douglas County Library . At the Tuesday, Dec. 17 board meeting ...
PBS20d
Who Was Archimedes?
Born in Syracuse, Sicily (then part of Greece), in about 287 B.C., Archimedes traveled to Egypt at the age of 18 to study at the great library of Alexandria. Upon completing his studies ...
Simon Fraser University3y
Eratosthenes measures the earth.
It was around 250 BCE when Eratosthenes was a librarian in the famous library of Alexandria He discovered in his reading that there was a yearly festival in the town of Syene (modern Aswan) on June 20 ...
SBS2mon
The enduring importance of public libraries in the digital age
The Great Library of Alexandria in Egypt was the most famous library in the ancient world, flourishing for centuries before falling into ruin. Experts say public libraries in the west really took ...