Library of Alexandria discovered
This is cool -- from
BBC:
bq. Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the site of the Library of Alexandria, often described as the world's first major seat of learning.
bq. A Polish-Egyptian team has excavated parts of the Bruchion region of the Mediterranean city and discovered what look like lecture halls or auditoria.
bq. Two thousand years ago, the library housed works by the greatest thinkers and writers of the ancient world.
bq. Works by Plato and Socrates and many others were later destroyed in a fire.
The article goes on to describe the various lecture halls -- it was a university as well as a library. The excavation will be one to follow closely...
Posted by DaveH at May 17, 2004 11:52 AM