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To: Theophilous Meatyard III

I know the Library of Alexandria is said to have been burned, but could the destruction have really started with the great Earthquake and tidal wave in 365 AD? The library was not very far above sea level.


13 posted on 07/21/2019 2:25:04 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

the main library was gone long before then, burned accidentally when Rome’s Julius Caesar attacked Egypt in 47 - 48 BC.


14 posted on 07/21/2019 2:51:21 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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