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The library of Alexandria is a legend. Not a myth, ... [5] After Ptolemy I Soter, on of Alexander's successful generals, secured the kingship for himself of conquered Egypt, ... The physical shelves of the Library may have been in one of the outlying lecture halls or in the garden, or it may have been housed in the Great Hall.
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www.perseus.tufts.edu/GreekScience/Students/Ellen/Museu...
www.perseus.tufts.edu/GreekScience/Students/Ellen/Museum.html
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This first war was Caesar's campaign and the second was when Octavian took Egypt from Mark Anthony and Cleopatra. In The Vanished Library, ... There stood in Alexandria the great temple of Serapis called the Serapeum and attached to it was the Great Library of Alexandria where all the wisdom of the ancients was preserved.
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www.bede.org.uk/library.htm
www.bede.org.uk/library.htm
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Ptolemy I Soter took Egypt and, after disposing of Cleomenes, later made Alexandria his capital where he and his descendants ruled for three centuries. They made little effort to integrate the rest of Egypt into their Greek culture but formed their coastal capital into the great intellectual and cultural centre of its age.
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www.bede.org.uk/Library2.htm
www.bede.org.uk/Library2.htm
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Alexandria was founded in Egypt by Alexander the Great. His successor as Pharaoh, Ptolomy II Soter, founded the Museum or Royal Library of Alexandria in 283 BC. The Museum was a shrine of the Muses modeled after the Lyceum of Aristotle in Athens.
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ehistory.osu.edu/world/articles/ArticleView.cfm?AID=9
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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 ... ... ASEST Arab InfoMall Eternal Egypt Supercourse Hole in the Wall...
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Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the site of the Library of Alexandria, often described as the world's first major seat ... It was a tiny fishing village on the Nile delta called Rhakotis when Alexander the Great chose it as the site of the new capital of his empire. ... Egypt Supreme Council of Antiquities...
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news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3707641.stm
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TSSphoto.com Stock Photography of Statue to Alexander the Great, near the library, Alexandria, Egypt ... Stock photography, photos: Alexander the Great, Alexandria, Eg; Stock photos of Statue to Alexander the Great, near the library, Alexandria, Egypt; Photograph: © Gary Cook; Click for a larger image and more information;
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Strabo, the geographer who based his studies on his research at the Library and who lived in Alexandria from 25-20 B.C., witnessed Caesar's "conquest" of Egypt and subsequent changes made in the Ptolemaic state. ... marauding through the city they came across Hypatia, daughter of the Museum's last great mathematician Theon.
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www.digital-brilliance.com/kab/alex.htm
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Ancient Egypt wrote a note titled The Great Library of Alexandria. Read the full text here. ... The library of Alexandria is a legend. Not a myth, but a legend. ... The physical shelves of the Library may have been in one of the outlying lecture halls or in the garden, or it may have been housed in the Great Hall.
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www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=40837485104&id=35...
www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=40837485104&id=35121415576&index=0
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