Alexandria egypt library

Get Library of Alexandria, Egypt photos and images from Picfair. Find high-quality stock photos that you won't find anywhere else. Lowest commission in the industry guaranteed.

library of Alexandria underground scrolls books desks torches ancient 4K arabesque detailed dark old architecture large hall academia ruins untouched overgrown Petra stone wood

Photo about the new library of Alexandria, Egypt. Built in 2002 the library attracts 1.3 million visitors each year. Image of books, beauty, blue - 15976156

Alexandria Library

From centers of entertainment to places wherein knowledge is more than revered, Egypt feeds all tastes of travelers extremely well, which is one reason why the Great Library of Alexandria was brought to the world. Alexandria Library was famed as one of the most massive, significant places of knowledge ever. It came as an unmatched segment of some research made by Mouseion and was devoted to the 9 deities of the art. #EgyptToursPortal #Egypt #egypttravel #Travel2022 #library…

From Baroque, bat-filled halls to modern meeting places, these beautiful libraries are a bibliophile's dream.

A bust of Alexander the Great on the library grounds The New Library of Alexandria, the New Bibliotheca ‎Alexandrina, is dedicated to recapture the spirit of ‎openness and scholarship of the original Bibliotheca ‎Alexandrina. It is much more than a library.‎ http://gosmarttours.com.eg/en/travelerguide/tourist-attraction-sighseeing/alexandria/library-of-alexandria

Explore Xerxes2K's 7064 photos on Flickr!

Alexandria Library Alexandria - Egypt

The New Library of Alexandria (interior), Egypt. www.bibalex.org/

 Alexandria is a Mediterranean port city in Egypt. During the Hellenistic period, it was home to a lighthouse ranking among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as well as a storied library. Today the library is reincarnated in the disc-shaped, ultramodern Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The city also has Greco-Roman landmarks, old-world cafes and sandy beaches. Its 15th-century seafront Qaitbay Citadel is now a museum.

It was widely reported that Polish archaeologists have unearthed thirteen lecture halls that once belonged to an ancient Alexandrian University in ancient Egypt. It is well known that Mouseion, Alexandria's famous ancient University was founded by Ptolemy Lagides (Ptolemy I Soter). He was a Greek general, historian and companion of Alexander the Great. The Ptolemaic Mouseion was conceived of as a cultural center serving the muses – a concept with deep roots in the Greek world. Originally, a…

For all Kitabi Keedas like us, books are the essence of life…books are the oxygen that we breathe. In fact we cannot imagine a World deprived of books, our very first introduction to the world of knowledge!! Can you, then, imagine a library, etched in the pages of ancient history, as one of most extensive, exhaustive & well-stocked libraries being burnt down to ground due to countless invasions?? Of scrolls & parchments, texts & scriptures, so priceless, burnt completely & lost forever…

Artist's depiction of what the Library of Alexandria looked like

Alexandria, Egypt. Architects: Snøhetta (Norway), Inaugurated 2002. The new Library is intended to evoke the glories of the long-vanished Hellenistic one.