What Really Happened to the Library of Alexandria?
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Great question! For those not familiar, I’ll start with a little background on the subject. The Library of Alexandria was founded by either Ptolemy I or his son, Ptolemy II, sometime in the third century B.C. Libraries were nothing new to ancient civilizations, though places to keep etched clay tablets might not be what we would consider a proper library today. The initial goal of the Library of Alexandria was most likely to flaunt Egypt’s enormous wealth rather than provide a place for study and research, but of course the library transformed into something much more.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/14417/Library-of-Alexandria
http://news.nationalgeographic.com.au/news/2002/10/1016_021016_alexandria.html
http://www.serageldin.com/ancient_Library.htm
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2233/what-happened-to-the-great-library-of-alexandria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CW_BibliotechaAlexandrina_Front.jpg
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2010/06/the-perniciously-persistent-myths-of-hypatia-and-the-great-library
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_I_Soter#/media/File:Ptolemy_I_Soter_Louvre_Ma849.jpg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_III_Euergetes#/media/File:Octadrachm_Ptolemy_III_BM_CMBMC103.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euklid.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eratosthenes,_Nordisk_familjebok.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Incendie_Alexandrie_by_Hermann_Goll_1876.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Seifert_Hypatia.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grands_conquerants_-_Omar,_le_2eme_calife,_prenant_en_personne_possession_de_Jerusalem_l%27an_638_de_l%27ere_chretienne.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strabo.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bibliotheca_Alexandrina_plaza_003.jpg
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In this video:
Great question! For those not familiar, I’ll start with a little background on the subject. The Library of Alexandria was founded by either Ptolemy I or his son, Ptolemy II, sometime in the third century B.C. Libraries were nothing new to ancient civilizations, though places to keep etched clay tablets might not be what we would consider a proper library today. The initial goal of the Library of Alexandria was most likely to flaunt Egypt’s enormous wealth rather than provide a place for study and research, but of course the library transformed into something much more.
Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/06/the-mysterious-fate-of-the-library-of-alexandria/
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/14417/Library-of-Alexandria
http://news.nationalgeographic.com.au/news/2002/10/1016_021016_alexandria.html
http://www.serageldin.com/ancient_Library.htm
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2233/what-happened-to-the-great-library-of-alexandria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CW_BibliotechaAlexandrina_Front.jpg
http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/2010/06/the-perniciously-persistent-myths-of-hypatia-and-the-great-library
Image Credit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_I_Soter#/media/File:Ptolemy_I_Soter_Louvre_Ma849.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancientlibraryalex.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy_III_Euergetes#/media/File:Octadrachm_Ptolemy_III_BM_CMBMC103.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euklid.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eratosthenes,_Nordisk_familjebok.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Incendie_Alexandrie_by_Hermann_Goll_1876.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Seifert_Hypatia.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grands_conquerants_-_Omar,_le_2eme_calife,_prenant_en_personne_possession_de_Jerusalem_l%27an_638_de_l%27ere_chretienne.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0_Portrait_de_S%C3%A9n%C3%A8que_d%27apr%C3%A8s_l%27antique_-_Lucas_Vorsterman.JPG
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strabo.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bibliotheca_Alexandrina_plaza_003.jpg
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