In October 1731, a fire at London’s Ashburnham House destroyed portions of the Old Royal Library and the Cotton library. Fortunately, the Old Royal Library’s most precious object, the Codex ...

We've all heard at least one "fact" that, upon further investigation, we discover is just a tale told by someone centuries later. Maybe it's the most famous example in Western civilization: the ...

The fabled Library of Alexandria is one of the most famous structures of the ancient world, up there with the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and other architectural wonders ...

Some ancient cities that have survived to modern day are so wrapped in mythology that it is hardly worth the time to consider whether their origin stories are founded in reality. The origin story of ...