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To: SunkenCiv; G8 Diplomat

*PING* to archaeology meets Islam...

Cheers!

6 posted on 05/02/2010 3:43:24 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.http://www.free)

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Gods
Graves
Glyphs

Thanks grey_whiskers. Fascinating history of the library. Notes that the library was *not* burned by Julius Caesar, and in fact was around during Roman times, and was finally consigned to the flames by the Moslems:

The Vanished Library
by Luciano Canfora
tr by Martin Ryle

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31 posted on 05/02/2010 5:31:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)

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