The vanished library

Description:

Recreates the world of ancient Egypt, describes how the Library of Alexandria was created, and speculates on its destruction.

subjects: Aliks*andrīn*a (Library),  Ptolemy,  Libraries,  Library of Alexandria,  Hellenistic culture,  Aliksāndrīnā (Library),  Learning and scholarship,  Antiquités,  Bibliothèque d'Alexandrie,  Vie intellectuelle,  Antiquities,  Alexandrian Library,  Civilisation ancienne,  Classical Civilization,  History,  Alexandria,  Egypt,  Intellectual life,  Histoire,  Library,  Bibliothèques,  Aliks@andr@in@a (Library),  Alexandria (egypt),  Fiction, general,  History, ancient,  Civilization

People: Ptolemy

Places: Alexandria (Egypt),  Egypt,  Alexandria

Times: To 400,  332 BC - 400 AD