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Bibliotheca of Alexandria

​​​​​​​The Library of Alexandria was established at the beginning of the third century BC. by Ptolemy I, and enlarged by his son Ptolemy II, and in his reign of greatest glory housed more than 900,000 manuscripts.

The world never had a larger library before constructing the ancient Library of Alexandria. Located in the city that gives it its name, facing the Mediterranean Sea, it was established at the beginning of the third century B.C by one of the Ptolemaic dynasty kings, Ptolemy I, and enlarged by his son Ptolemy II, and in his reign of greatest glory housed more than 900,000 manuscripts. The importance of the Alexandria Library was declining in later periods and most of the findings were lost as a result of the changes in authorities and the repeated invasions.

the original library had all of the article secrets about the ancient civilization of Egypt, but all of the manuscripts have damaged, and we had to wait a lot of centuries until the scientist Champollion came with  Napoleon in the french campaign during the 18th century and decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Its destruction has been attributed to different actors, but no version has been proven, the only clear thing is that it finally disappeared and it was not until 1987 an international project that sought to rescue the cultural significance of the site and the symbol it represents, began the mythical collective imaginary library of humanity. UNESCO coordinated the project and finally, with the name of the Alexandrina Library, it was officially opened in 1996.

Discover the  Bibliotheca of Alexandria and many other monuments in the city that was built by the legendary Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great in 332 B.C by booking the traditional day tour to Alexandria from Cairo to enjoy the best atmosphere in the whole country of Egypt.

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