ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A huge grant that looks to preserve our history and honor the sacrifice and struggle of those who came before us is getting us uplifted. Before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat ...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Alexandria Library is hosting a first-of-its-kind event Saturday with a goal of bringing neighborhoods together to help fill gaps in the documented history of Alexandria's ...
The fabled Library of Alexandria is one of the most famous structures of the ancient world, up there with the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and other architectural wonders ...
Introduction : Alexandria in history and myth / Roy MacLeod -- Pt. 1. Alexandria in history and myth. Ch. 1. Before Alexandria : libraries in the Ancient Near East / D. T. Potts ; Ch. 2. Alexandria : ...
When we crack open a book, we’re partaking in a small miracle, joining in a tradition, millennia in the making, of preserving ...
This little building on the corner of 5th and Washington streets in downtown Alexandria holds a treasure trove of Central Louisiana history. It is the Alexandria Historical & Genealogical Library and ...
In October 1731, a fire at London’s Ashburnham House destroyed portions of the Old Royal Library and the Cotton library. Fortunately, the Old Royal Library’s most precious object, the Codex ...