[AZLiberty]

Is this like finding the backup tapes for the lost library at Alexandria?

[Mike Fieschko]

ping. Another instance of the same article is at The Independent: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=630165.

[SunkenCiv]

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:

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The Vanished Library by Luciano Canfora tr by Martin Ryle

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