The vanished library
A Wonder of the Ancient World
About this book
Recreates the world of ancient Egypt, describes how the Library of Alexandria was created, and speculates on its destruction.
Subjects
- alexandria
- alexandria (egypt)
- alexandrian library
- aliks@andr@in@a (library)
- aliks*andrīn*a (library)
- aliksāndrīnā (library)
- antiquités
- antiquities
- bibliothèque d'alexandrie
- bibliothèques
- civilisation ancienne
- civilization
- classical civilization
- egypt
- fiction, general
- hellenistic culture
- histoire
- history
- history, ancient
- intellectual life
- learning and scholarship
- libraries
- library
- library of alexandria
- ptolemy
- vie intellectuelle