About this title: In adopting the theme of What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria? This book aims at presenting afresh, a highly specialized discussion of primary sources related to the diverse aspects and episodes of that long disputed question. The book covers a wide range of topics, beginning with an initial presentation of different Ancient Egyptian types of library institutions, with a special focus on the later Coptic Nag Hamadi Library. It then deals with the troubled times under later Ptolemies and Romans, when the Royal Library, the Daughter Library and the Mouseion, came under a ...
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9789004165458ISBN:9004165452
Description: This book aims at presenting a new discussion of primary sources by renowned scholars of the long disputed question of "What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria"? The treatment includes a brilliant presentation of cultural Alexandrian life... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
Date Published: 2008-02-15
ISBN-13:9789004165458ISBN:9004165452
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9789004165458ISBN:9004165452
Description: New. Text in English, French. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 259 p. Contains: Illustrations. Library of the Written Word, 3. read more
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