Picture No | 10002877 |
Date | 298 BC |
Description | The Library of Alexandria |
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Scholars examine the scrolls of the library of Alexandria, the greatest collection of the ancient world, burnt in 47 and finally destroyed by Moslem general Amrou 22 December 640
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Source | Engraving by an unnamed artist in Spamer, Illustrirte Welt- geschichte |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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