The Mystery of the LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA
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Further Reading:
Disclaimer: these books offer variations of the history. This script uses pieces of each with the aid of other sources to tell the best possible version.
The Rise and Fall of Alexandria – Birthplace of the Modern World by Justin Pollard and Howard Reid
Alexandria – The City that Changed the World by Islam Issa
https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/Alexandria/j7zEEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
Libraries in the Ancient World by Lionel Casson
https://www.google.co.za/books/edition/Libraries_in_the_Ancient_World/6yPhAAAAMAAJ?hl=en
References
https://www.mymcpl.org/blogs/historical-libraries-library-alexandria#:~:text=The%20exact%20number%20of%20materials,the%20Temple%20of%20Serapis%20nearby.
https://www.britannica.com/place/Alexandria-Egypt/History
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Library-of-Alexandria
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1256/the-economy-of-ptolemaic-egypt/
https://www.worldhistory.org/Ptolemy_I/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ptolemy-I-Soter
https://erenow.org/ancient/the-rise-and-fall-of-alexandria-birthplace-of-the-modern-mind/6.php
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/museum/museum3.html#:~:text=The%20Greek%20word%20mouseion%20means,of%20dance%2C%20music%20and%20literature.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Library_of_Alexandria/
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/207/what-happened-to-the-great-library-at-alexandria/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ptolemy-VIII-Euergetes-II
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ptolemy-VII-Neos-Philopator
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ptolemy-XIII-Theos-Philopator
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cleopatra-queen-of-Egypt
https://www.livescience.com/rise-and-fall-of-the-great-alexandria-library
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bibliotheca-Alexandrina-research-institution-Alexandria-Egypt
https://www.bibalex.org/
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