Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bibliotheca Alexandrina or Maktabat al-Iskandar yah is a major library and cultural center located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. It is both a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, and an attempt to rekindle something of the brilliance that this earlier center of study and erudition represented.