What Really Destroyed the Library of Alexandria?

The destruction of the Library of Alexandria as the city is engulfed in flames is depicted in Hermann Goll’s 1876 Incendie ...
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The Hunt: Did Julius Caesar Really Destroy the Great Library of Alexandria?

The fabled Library of Alexandria is one of the most famous structures of the ancient world, up there with the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and other architectural wonders ...
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The Library of Alexandria didn’t burn down in a single night — the truth is slower and sadder

The burning of the Library of Alexandria is one of history’s most powerful images: a single night of fire consuming the accumulated wisdom of the ancient world, irreplaceable scrolls going up in ...
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The Library of Alexandria : centre of learning in the ancient world / edited by Roy MacLeod

Introduction : Alexandria in history and myth / Roy MacLeod -- Pt. 1. Alexandria in history and myth. Ch. 1. Before Alexandria : libraries in the Ancient Near East / D. T. Potts ; Ch. 2. Alexandria : ...