Why the Myth of the Library of Alexandria Is Wrong

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We've all heard about how the Library of Alexandria held the great knowledge of the ancient world and was burned down, setting us back up to 1000 years due to lost texts. But the truth is, it's a lot more complicated than that, and a lot of facets of this legend don't even add up at all. Come learn with me about the truth about this fantastical myth!

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New dimensions of an ancient library: The Library of Alexandria by István Boda, Miklós Bényei and Erzsébet Tóth

A three-dimensional virtual library model of the ancient Library of Alexandria by István Boda, Erzsébet Tóth, Miklós Bényei and István Csont

The Arab Destruction Of The Library Of Alexandria: Anatomy Of A Myth By Bernard Lewis

Myths of the Universal Library: From Alexandria to the Postmodern Age by Jon Thiem

The internet and the revival of the myth of the universal library by Miroslav Kruk

The destruction of the Library of Alexandria as myth and metaphor by Colin Higgins in “What do we lose when we lose a library?”

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The Story of the Library of Alexandria Is Mostly a Legend, But the Lesson of Its Burning Is Still Crucial Today by Richard Ovenden for TIME https://time.com/5912689/library-of-alexandria-burning/

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