What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria?

Mostafa A. El-Abbadi is a Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at the University of Alexandria, Egypt, Special Advisor to the Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, and President of the Archaeological Society of Alexandria. He is the author of several books and articles, including Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria (Paris, 1990), which was translated into several languages.
Omnia M. Fathallah is Director of Public Servcies at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA). She is a graduate of the University of Alexandria, Egypt (B.A., 1992), specialized in Classical Studies. In 1993, she began her librarianship career at the BA as a cataloger. In 2002, she was appointed coordinator of the Alexandria Project (AP). She organized the International Seminar "What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria?" (26-28 September 2004) of which this publication is the scholarly output.