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What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria?
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 282

What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria?

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008
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  • Publisher: BRILL

This book aims at presenting a new discussion of primary sources by renowned scholars of the long disputed question of "What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria"? The treatment includes a brilliant presentation of cultural Alexandrian life in late antiquity.

The Library of Alexandria
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 208

The Library of Alexandria

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002-06-21
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  • Publisher: I.B. Tauris

The Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest cultural adornments of the late ancient world. It contained thousands of scrolls of Greek, Hebrew and Mesopotamian literature, as well as art and artifacts of ancient Egypt. This book brings together a distinguished array of scholars to bring this great institution--tragically destroyed--back to life.

The Library of Alexandria
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 44

The Library of Alexandria

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2017-01-26
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  • Publisher: Unknown

*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events. *Includes ancient accounts about the Library of Alexandria and its destruction. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "When I wrote 'The Alexandria Link,' I discovered that we are only aware of about 10 percent of the knowledge of the ancient world. In the ancient world, most of the knowledge was destroyed." - Steve Berry In the modern world, libraries are taken for granted by most people, perhaps because their presence is ubiquitous. Every school has a library, large libraries can be found in every major city, and even most small towns have public libraries. However, the omnipresent nature of libraries is a fairly re...

The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 258

The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1990
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  • Publisher: UNESCO

A thoroughly researched study on the history of both the Museum and the Alexandria Library, showing the important role they played in the transmission of Greco-roman civilization. The tragic fate of both institutions have long been of great fascination for both writers and readers.

The Library of Alexandria
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 209

The Library of Alexandria

  • Categories: Art

The Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest cultural adornments of the late ancient world, containing thousands of scrolls of Greek, Hebrew and Mesopotamian literature and art and artefacts of ancient Egypt. This book demonstrates that Alexandria became - through the contemporary reputation of its library - a point of confluence for Greek, Roman, Jewish and Syrian culture that drew scholars and statesmen from throughout the ancient world. It also explores the histories of Alexander the Great and of Alexandria itself, the greatest city of the ancient world. This new paperback edition offers general readers an accessible introduction to the history of this magnificent yet still mysterious institution from the time of its foundation up to its tragic destruction.

Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 96

Bibliotheca Alexandrina

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2002
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Ancient Libraries
  • Language: en

Ancient Libraries

The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. But books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.

The Library of Alexandria and the Lighthouse of Alexandria
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 124

The Library of Alexandria and the Lighthouse of Alexandria

*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events. *Includes ancient accounts about the two sites and their destruction. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. In the modern world, libraries are taken for granted by most people, perhaps because their presence is ubiquitous. Every school has a library, large libraries can be found in every major city, and even most small towns have public libraries. However, the omnipresent nature of libraries is a fairly recent historical phenomenon, because libraries were still few and far between before the 19th century. For centuries in the Western world, during what is known as the Middle Ages, written knowledge was guarded closely...

The Vanished Library
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 220

The Vanished Library

Recreates the world of ancient Egypt, describes how the Library of Alexandria was created, and speculates on its destruction.

Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 242

Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003-01-01
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  • Publisher: Unknown

A thoroughly researched study on the history of both the Museum and the Alexandria Library, showing the important role they played in the transmission of Greco-roman civilization. The tragic fate of both institutions have long been of great fascination for both writers and readers. Published also in Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish