Egyptian Library Wins Pledge of $23-Million
<i> Reuters</i>
ASWAN, Egypt —
Saudi Arabia has pledged $23 million to help revive Egypt’s ancient Alexandria library, a government spokesman said Tuesday.
The library, destroyed by fire more than 2,000 years ago, attracted leading Greek scholars of the day and achieved fame as a center of learning in astronomy, mathematics and philosophy.
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