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What really happened to the library of Alexandria?
Friday February 17, 2023. 10:48 AM , from BoingBoing
We all know the tragic, mythic story of the library of Alexandria, filled with priceless, critical knowledge of the ancient world, destroyed at the hands of Julius Caesar and his Roman invaders. Or was it Muslim hoards?
The truth is probably far more mundane, that the library went, not with a bang, but a whimper. — Read the rest
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