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From centers of entertainment to places wherein knowledge is more than revered, Egypt feeds all tastes of travelers extremely well, which is one reason why the Great Library of Alexandria was brought to the world. Alexandria Library was famed as one of the most massive, significant places of knowledge ever. It came as an unmatched segment of some research made by Mouseion and was devoted to the 9 deities of the art. #EgyptToursPortal #Egypt #egypttravel #Travel2022 #library…

What was lost when the Library of Alexandria burned? Well — our entire knowledge of the Greco-Roman world comes from about 500 volumes. 700,000 scrolls were potentially lost at Alexandria alone. Here's what was in there... (thread) 🧵

Alexandria Library

Artist's depiction of what the Library of Alexandria looked like

A bust of Alexander the Great on the library grounds The New Library of Alexandria, the New Bibliotheca ‎Alexandrina, is dedicated to recapture the spirit of ‎openness and scholarship of the original Bibliotheca ‎Alexandrina. It is much more than a library.‎ http://gosmarttours.com.eg/en/travelerguide/tourist-attraction-sighseeing/alexandria/library-of-alexandria

Photo about the new library of Alexandria, Egypt. Built in 2002 the library attracts 1.3 million visitors each year. Image of books, beauty, blue - 15976156

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Alexandria Library Alexandria - Egypt

As you may or may not know, the Library of Alexandria is a major library in Egypt and is a cultural center located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Bibliotheca Alexandrina was built in 2002 and is a revival of the Ancient Library of Alexandria. Construction on the new library began in 1995 and […] The post Egypt’s revived Bibliotheca Alexandrina appeared first on A Luxury Travel Blog.

For all Kitabi Keedas like us, books are the essence of life…books are the oxygen that we breathe. In fact we cannot imagine a World deprived of books, our very first introduction to the world of knowledge!! Can you, then, imagine a library, etched in the pages of ancient history, as one of most extensive, exhaustive & well-stocked libraries being burnt down to ground due to countless invasions?? Of scrolls & parchments, texts & scriptures, so priceless, burnt completely & lost forever…

The life and murder of ancient scholar Hypatia of Alexandria #OmniumGatherum https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/05/10/the-life-and-murder-of-ancient-scholar-hypatia-of-alexandria/

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The great Library of Alexandria held more than 500,000 books. As a professor at the university, Hypatia played a conscious effort to preserve and to elucidate the great mathematical works of the Alexandrian heritage

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