The Louvre museum in Paris has suffered a water leak in its libraries that has damaged hundreds of books, just weeks after a ...

Nalanda’s Dharmaganja was a vast ancient library complex housing diverse manuscripts. Its destruction remains one of the ...

A quest to discover new antibiotics is taking a Cal Poly biochemistry research team back in time millions of years as they study ancient microorganisms. Research led by Cal Poly biochemistry Professor ...

Up to 400 documents have been damaged by the leak, according to Francis Steinbock, the deputy administrator of the museum. But no works of art were affected.

The museum's deputy administrator said a water pipe leak last month severely damaged between 300 and 400 documents.

The ancient Greek city of Pergamon was a major center of culture and learning of the Hellenistic world, standing out for its ...

Employing the technique known as “trompe-l’oeil,” designers have mimicked three-dimensional surfaces to elevate rooms.

The Louvre’s greatest threat today is not theft or war. It is time, ageing systems and decisions that prioritise expansion ...

With its origins dating back to 1912, Rammala Library is a little-known repository of more than 12,000 books and 9,000 rare manuscripts. But it has long been neglected, and many invaluable texts might ...

There may be a room with the rarest books in the world somewhere under Moscow. We are discussing ancient Chinese texts. Lost works by Virgil and Cicero. Manuscripts from the Library of Alexandria.

“Echoes of the Andes” opened at the library this July in collaboration with the Andean Cultural Center of Rhode Island and the Peruvian Consulate in Hartford, Connecticut.