The Burning of the Great Library of Alexandria Isn’t What You Think
<p>The Burning of the Library of Alexandria is an event that exists in most peoples’ minds. Every so often people will shake their head and say “what a shame that such a great repository of knowledge was destroyed.” In the minds of most people, the Burning of the Greate Library of Alexandria was a singular event that torched thousands of scrolls in one go. But that is not how events unfolded. The Libraries of Alexandria were not burned once, nor twice, but multiple times.</p>
<p>The great repository of knowledge that people mourn in their heads was slowly whittled away rather than vanishing in one glorious event. Fire, intellectual purges, and invasion damaged the library until it reached a point of no return. Yet, the library remains a part of mythical fascination, and there are a number of misconceptions attached to the building and its ultimate fate.</p>
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