Great Library of Alexandria

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:library
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Mouseion Jewish scholars Greek scholars Egyptian scholars Roman scholars
gptkbp:collectionSize	hundreds of thousands of scrolls
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:destroyedBy	gptkb:war gptkb:fire possibly 3rd century CE possible neglect possibly 48 BCE
gptkbp:established	3rd century BCE
gptkbp:famousFor	center of learning largest library of the ancient world mysterious destruction
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus gptkb:Ptolemy_I_Soter
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Great Library of Alexandria
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age gptkb:Renaissance Western scholarship
gptkbp:legacy	inspiration for modern libraries symbol of lost knowledge
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Alexandria
gptkbp:modernCommemoration	gptkb:Bibliotheca_Alexandrina
gptkbp:notableCollection	gptkb:Greek gptkb:Hebrew gptkb:Persian gptkb:Egyptian other ancient languages
gptkbp:notableContributor	gptkb:Herophilus gptkb:Archimedes gptkb:Euclid gptkb:Apollonius_of_Rhodes gptkb:Callimachus gptkb:Eratosthenes gptkb:Hypatia Galen
gptkbp:patronage	Ptolemaic dynasty
gptkbp:purpose	scholarly research collection of knowledge
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:Library_of_Celsus gptkb:Royal_Library_of_Pergamum gptkb:Serapeum_of_Alexandria
gptkbp:status	destroyed
gptkbp:type	gptkb:public_university
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Alexandria,_Kingdom_of_Egypt
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6