What Really Happened To Library Of Alexandria Remains A Mystery
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Did the Library of Alexandria, the greatest collection of knowledge and literature disappear out of sight but survived by being saved?
Ancient records say that seven hundred thousand of the most precious books written on wax, papyrus, parchment, and tablets of stone, wood, and clay were gathered from all parts of the ancient world and housed in Alexandria, in buildings specially prepared for the purpose.
It is commonly believed that around 295 BC the scholar and library keeper to the king, Demetrius of Phalerum, convinced Ptolemy I Soter (ruler of Egypt (323 BC-283 BC) to establish a library that would store a copy of every book in the world!
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