The library of Alexandria
Subtitle: centre of learning in the aAncient world
By: edited by Roy MacLeod.
Contributors: MacLeod, Roy, 1941-
Publisher: I.B.Tauris
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
Description: The Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest cultural adornments of the late ancient world and contained thousands of scrolls of Greek, Hebrew and Mesopotamian literature and art and artefacts of ancient Egypt. This text discusses the institution which was tragically destroyed.
Notes: Includes bibliography and index.

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