#alexandria egypt
An archive of knowledge said to be so expansive, so awe-worthy, that upon its ruin the Queen of Egypt cried. As smoke took to the skies of Alexandria, Cleopatra lamented the ancient world’s most adorned library: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Bibliotheca Alexandrina - less formally known as the Library of Alexandria, Museum of Alexandria, or the Royal Library - was a colossal academic complex, comprising anything from 300,000 to 500,000 archived documents and several scholarly institutions (medical, astronomical, religious). It was considered…
