Mostafa El-Abaddi, who recreated the legendary library of Alexandria, has died
You read about it in school — the bastion of ancient-world knowledge that was the Library of Alexandria. It was inspired by the far-reaching conquests of Alexander the Great, which revealed to… Read more »
Google defeats Author’s Guild in page-scanning suit; Author’s Guild vows to fight for another eight years because why not?
Yesterday, Google won the latest battle in its long, long legal war with the Author’s Guild, which accuses the tech giant of illegally making millions of books available for free… Read more »
Rare books burn in Egypt, only accusations remain
The burning of the ancient Royal Library at Alexandria ranks among history’s greatest tragedies and depending on the era and bias of the historian “recording” its loss, blame has been… Read more »