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To: blam
>It was not until 1752 when they discovered the villa's library - neatly lined with 1800 rolls of papyrus - that they realised the discarded material had been books.

AWWWWKKKK! What a great find. What great things we should learn from it.

I can't even contemplate the loss of the library at Alexandria.

5 posted on 04/03/2002 4:55:42 PM PST by LostTribe
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To: LostTribe
"I can't even contemplate the loss of the library at Alexandria."(link does not work)

I agree!! Of course my first thought is what it would have told us about Atlantis.

6 posted on 04/03/2002 5:00:55 PM PST by blam
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