Since 1900, global average life expectancy has more than doubled. The Joanine Library at Portugal’s University of Coimbra has a collection of 60,000 books that are protected by bats. Overnight ...

The book is worth north of $3 million, according to the university’s Joanine Library, which in 2013 was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. That’s where the Bible is kept — along ...

NOW CLOSED: Not a bad place to do your studies. This is the ceiling of the Joanine Library. It was built in 1717 and is found inside the university of a Portuguese city that is the final resting ...