A fire that erupted on Saturday in Egypt’s Institute for the Advancement of Scientific Research has resulted in the loss of several precious manuscripts, according to Zein Abdel-Hadi, head of Egypt’s Libraries and Archives Department, which has taken possession of many of the books rescued from the fire. One of the few original manuscripts of Napoleon’s historic “Description De L’Egypt” was reportedly among the losses.
‘Irreplaceable’: Napolean maps, manuscripts lost in Cairo fire
By WND Staff
