The Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Latin[1] for “Library of Alexandria”; Egyptian Arabic: مكتبة الإسكندرية‎ Maktabet al-Eskendereyya, Egyptian Arabic: [mækˈtæb(e)t eskendeˈɾejjæ]) is a major library and cultural center 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. The idea […]