We visit the home of the most famous Greek poet you’ve never heard of
Travellers to Alexandria in Egypt can visit the restored apartment of Constantine Cavafy, the favourite bard of Jackie ...
The Town Talk on MSN2d
Grant Parish Library director on leave after arrest on multiple charges
The director of the Grant Parish Library has been arrested after an annual audit uncovered some irregularities, according to ...
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Grant Police Jury fires library director after arrest, makes other changes to system
The director of the Grant Parish Library system was fired by a unanimous vote of the Police Jury Friday afternoon, and top ...
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Raising Alexandria
Ptolemy’s son added Alexandria’s famous library to the Mouseion complex. The first chief of the library, Eratosthenes, measured the earth’s circumference to an accuracy within a few hundred ...
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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 ...
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An Ancient Library in Alexandria Could be the Future of the Blockchain
Named after Alexander the Great, the city of Alexandria was once home to the world’s greatest archive of knowledge. Established by an exiled Athenian statesman the “universal library” of ...
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Alexandria is SINKING into the sea thanks to climate change, study warns
The researchers warn that the city - once home to two wonders of the ancient world, the Great Library of Alexandria and the Lighthouse of Alexandria - is now gradually disappearing. In the last ...
Ever-Growing USA on MSN23d
Alexandria: Ancient City Faces Modern Climate Crisis
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 ...