From the site of one of the nation’s earliest sit-ins to the oldest active historically Black congregation, Alexandria, Virginia, is offering a new tour, and it’s rich with history. It’s called “The ...
The famous library in Egypt flourished for six centuries and was the cultural and intellectual center of the ancient Hellenistic world before falling into ruin. When you purchase through links on our ...
The opening episode of Carl Sagan’s TV series Cosmos, first shown in 1980, lamented the most famous burning of books in history—the conflagration that destroyed the Library of Alexandria. “If I could ...