In ancient Egypt, any books found in ships coming into port, would be brought immediately to the library of Alexan original would be kept in the libra and the copy given back to the owner. dria and be copied. The ry Ultrafacts.tumblr.com happyless ultrafacts aussietory xedoande ultrafacts Source For more facts follow Ultrafacts EVERY TIME SOMEONE BRINGS UP THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA I GET SO ANGRY but why Because it got burned. All of that knowledge, lost forever Just think about it... We could have been exploring the galaxy by now... Lu 1000 BCE 1 CE 1000 CE 2000 CE Egyptian Christian dark ages Modern Science Roman The library was destroyed over 1000's of years ago. The library consisted of thousands of scrolls and books about mathematics, engineering, physiology, geography, blueprints, medicine, plays, & important scriptures. Thinkers from all over the Mediterranean used to come to Alexandria to study.Most of the major work of civilization up until that point was lost. If the library still survived till this day, society may have been more advanced and we would sure know more about the ancient world *INSANELY PAINFUL SHRIEKING**

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In ancient Egypt, any books found in ships coming into port, would be brought immediately to the library of Alexan original would be kept in the libra and the copy given back to the owner. dria and be copied. The ry Ultrafacts.tumblr.com happyless ultrafacts aussietory xedoande ultrafacts Source For more facts follow Ultrafacts EVERY TIME SOMEONE BRINGS UP THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA I GET SO ANGRY but why Because it got burned. All of that knowledge, lost forever Just think about it... We could have been exploring the galaxy by now... Lu 1000 BCE 1 CE 1000 CE 2000 CE Egyptian Christian dark ages Modern Science Roman The library was destroyed over 1000's of years ago. The library consisted of thousands of scrolls and books about mathematics, engineering, physiology, geography, blueprints, medicine, plays, & important scriptures. Thinkers from all over the Mediterranean used to come to Alexandria to study.Most of the major work of civilization up until that point was lost. If the library still survived till this day, society may have been more advanced and we would sure know more about the ancient world *INSANELY PAINFUL SHRIEKING**

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Oct 11, 2014 at 10:13PM EDT

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Oct 11, 2014 at 09:56PM EDT

Let me put it this way:

You know The Iliad and The Odyssey? The two greatest works of ancient Greek epic poetry?

They were part of an entire cycle of works which chronicled the entire Trojan War. And Homer's two books are the only ones that survived intact.

I'm going to go cry in a corner now.

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