| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:library 
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                                | gptkbp:alsoKnownAs | gptkb:Library_of_Alexandria 
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                                | gptkbp:associatedWith | gptkb:Mouseion 
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                                | gptkbp:country | gptkb:Egypt 
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                                | gptkbp:destroyedBy | possibly by Julius Caesar possibly by Muslim conquest
 possibly by Theophilus
 possibly by civil war
 possibly by decree of Theophilus
 possibly by fire
 
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                                | gptkbp:established | 3rd century BCE 
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                                | gptkbp:estimatedHoldings | 40,000 to 400,000 scrolls 
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                                | gptkbp:foundedBy | gptkb:Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus gptkb:Ptolemy_I_Soter
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age gptkb:Renaissance
 Western scholarship
 modern libraries
 
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                                | gptkbp:legacy | inspiration for modern libraries symbol of lost knowledge
 
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                                | gptkbp:location | gptkb:Alexandria 
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                                | gptkbp:notableCollection | gptkb:Greek gptkb:Hebrew
 gptkb:Persian
 gptkb:Egyptian
 scrolls
 other ancient languages
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableDirector | gptkb:Apollonius_of_Rhodes gptkb:Aristarchus_of_Samothrace
 gptkb:Callimachus
 gptkb:Eratosthenes
 gptkb:Hypatia
 gptkb:Zenodotus
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableGuest | gptkb:Hero_of_Alexandria gptkb:Herophilus
 gptkb:Archimedes
 gptkb:Euclid
 gptkb:Julius_Caesar
 gptkb:Plutarch
 gptkb:Cleopatra_VII
 gptkb:Strabo
 gptkb:Ctesibius
 gptkb:Ptolemy_XIV
 gptkb:Ptolemy_III_Euergetes
 gptkb:Ptolemy_IV_Philopator
 gptkb:Ptolemy_IX_Soter_II
 gptkb:Ptolemy_VIII_Physcon
 gptkb:Ptolemy_VI_Philometor
 gptkb:Ptolemy_V_Epiphanes
 gptkb:Ptolemy_XIII_Theos_Philopator
 gptkb:Ptolemy_XII_Auletes
 gptkb:Ptolemy_XV_Caesarion
 gptkb:Ptolemy_X_Alexander_I
 Galen
 
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                                | gptkbp:purpose | scholarly research collection of knowledge
 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | gptkb:Bibliotheca_Alexandrina gptkb:Serapeum_of_Alexandria
 gptkb:Mouseion_of_Alexandria
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Osgoode_Hall gptkb:Bandle_City
 gptkb:Osgoode_Hall,_Toronto
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Great Library 
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