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Great Library of Alexandria
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Great_Library_of_Alexandria
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
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
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