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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:library
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:scholar
gptkb:Mouseion
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gptkbp:collectionSize
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hundreds of thousands of scrolls
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Egypt
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gptkbp:depictedIn
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gptkb:art
gptkb:film
gptkb:literature
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gptkbp:destroyedBy
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multiple times
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gptkbp:established
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3rd century BCE
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gptkbp:foundedBy
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gptkb:Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus
gptkb:Ptolemy_I_Soter
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Library of Alexandria
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age
gptkb:Renaissance
Western scholarship
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gptkbp:inPopularCulture
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featured in novels and movies
subject of many myths
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gptkbp:legacy
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inspiration for modern libraries
symbol of lost knowledge
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Alexandria
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gptkbp:notableCollection
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gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Egyptian
other ancient languages
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gptkbp:notableContributor
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gptkb:Herophilus
gptkb:Archimedes
gptkb:Euclid
gptkb:Apollonius_of_Rhodes
gptkb:Aristarchus_of_Samothrace
gptkb:Callimachus
gptkb:Eratosthenes
gptkb:Hypatia
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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destruction by decree of Theophilus (391 CE)
destruction during Caesar's siege (48 BCE)
possible destruction during Muslim conquest (642 CE)
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gptkbp:possibleDestructionBy
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gptkb:Julius_Caesar
gptkb:fire
gptkb:Theophilus_of_Alexandria
gptkb:Muslim_conquest_of_Egypt
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gptkbp:purpose
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scholarly research
collection of knowledge
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gptkbp:relatedOrganization
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gptkb:Great_Library_of_Pergamon
gptkb:Bibliotheca_Alexandrina
gptkb:Serapeum_of_Alexandria
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gptkbp:status
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destroyed
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:public_university
gptkb:research_institute
gptkb:cultural_center
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gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list
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yes
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Alexandria
gptkb:Bibliotheca_Alexandrina
gptkb:Hypatia
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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