At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria… — Nils Kjaer Copy Share Image
While [the Arians], like men sprung from a dunghill, truly "spoke from the earth" [Jn. 3:31], the bishops [of Nicea], not having… — Athanasius of Alexandria Copy Share Image
Here you have an incredibly ambitious, accomplished woman who comes up against some of the same problems that women in power come… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
I haven't come to you only to take , I haven't come to you empty handed : I bring you poetry as… — Ahdaf Soueif Copy Share Image
In the four hundred and thirteenth year of the Christian era, some three hundred miles above Alexandria, the young monk Philammon was… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
The retirement of Athanasius, which ended only with the life of Constantius, was spent, for the most part, in the society of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If the Library of Alexandria was the emblem of our ambition of omniscience, the Web is the emblem of our ambition of… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
The motion of the stars calculated by the Hindus before some 4500 years vary not even a single minute from the tables… — Jean Sylvain Bailly Copy Share Image
Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share Image
Three classes inhabited the city (Alexandria in Egypt): first the Aegyptian or native stock of people, who were quick-tempered and not inclined… — Strabo Copy Share Image
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. by Saint Philo of Alexandria — Philo Copy Share Image
“Love in my world usually ended up with someone hearing “I smite thee!” as she was cursed to be some lame flower… — Jennifer L. Armentrout Copy Share Image
Although I was raised in Canada and the U.K., my roots are in Egypt through my father, in a family line that… — Shereen El Feki Copy Share Image
I love the area I grew up in, which is right outside D.C., in Alexandria, Virginia. — Casey Wilson Copy Share Image
We need to return to the cosmopolitanism of Alexandria of yore, and marry that with the tolerance and democracy of Europe today — Ismail Serageldin Copy Share Image
Black men of Carthage, Ethiopia, of Timbuktu and Alexandria gave the likes of civilization to this world — Marcus Garvey Copy Share Image
Dinocrates did not leave the king, but followed him into Egypt. There Alexander, observing a harbor rendered safe by nature, an excellent… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
No, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, people don't want handouts. They want purpose. — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
A Christian state should be established [in Lebanon], with its southern border on the Litani river. We will make an alliance with… — David Ben-Gurion Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'The Alexandria Link,' I discovered that we are only aware of about 10 percent of the knowledge of the… — Steve Berry Copy Share Image
“In his most thrilling military victory to date, Napoleon had defeated an Ottoman force eighteen thousand men strong at Aboukir. It had… — Kelsey Brickl Copy Share Image
Philo of Alexandria introduced in the first century what has been described as the 'Hellenizing of the Old Testament,' or the allegorical… — Philo Copy Share Image
We can roam the bloated stacks of the Library of Alexandria, where all imagination and knowledge are assembled; we can recognize in… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I've been doing the 'Sherman's Lagoon' strip for about 18 years, and I was a political cartoonist before that for my hometown… — Jim Toomey Copy Share Image
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