The 1850 discovery of King Ashurbanipal's vast library of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh illuminated fascinating records and ...

From Connecticut to Cairo, reading spots that will seem like paradise to book- and design-lovers alike. In the library of Bayt Yakan, a Cairo building renovated by the architectural conservator Alaa ...

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Tucked within the hilltop campus of the University of Coimbra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Biblioteca Joanina is a baroque jewel of European academia. Commissioned by King João V in the 18th ...

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File photo of the Lawrence Public Library on Friday, July 26, 2024. Brad Allen, executive director, hopes work on a facilities master plan in 2026 can help identify ways the library can better serve ...

In the late 1990s, primary school teacher Antonio La Cava grew alarmed that students in his home region of Basilicata, in southern Italy, felt no connection with the books that had shaped his own ...

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From the latest skyscraper in a Chinese megalopolis to a six‑foot‑tall yurt in Inner Mongolia, researchers at the Technical University of Munich claim they have created a map of all buildings ...

Physical maps might feel out of date in our smartphone and GPS age but maps aren’t just for navigation. They are windows into history, culture and how we perceive the world. We visit a map library in ...

ForbesWomen Editor Maggie McGrath sat down with Forbes to discuss the logistics and metrics behind the publication's list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women. McGrath touches on the $37 trillion in ...

Scientists have produced the most detailed 3D map of almost all buildings in the world. The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for ...