DOUGLAS COUNTY — More steps were taken toward the proposed new Douglas County Library . At the Tuesday, Dec. 17 board meeting ...

After the conquests of Alexander the Great in Egypt, the Ptolemaic dynasty established Alexandria, the jewel of the ...

Look farther under the bed and under the seats of the vehicle to find those overdue books, movies or other library items,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

Greece's Minister of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports Kyriakos Pierrakakis and a high-level delegation visited ...

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 ...

Who Was Heron (Hero) of Alexandria? The Greek mathematician and engineer Hero of Alexandria was active in his native city of ...