[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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[Mike Fieschko]

Fascinating history of the library.

There's also POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online at the University of Oxford, and Waste Paper City at the P.Oxy site.