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Royal Library of Alexandria
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Royal_Library_of_Alexandria
GPTKB entity
Statements (51)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:library
gptkbp:associatedWith
gptkb:Mouseion
Jewish scholars
Greek scholars
Egyptian scholars
Roman scholars
gptkbp:country
gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:depictedIn
gptkb:art
gptkb:film
gptkb:literature
popular culture
gptkbp:destroyedBy
gptkb:Julius_Caesar
gptkb:Aurelian
gptkb:fire
gptkb:Theophilus_of_Alexandria
gptkb:Muslim_conquest_of_Egypt
multiple times
gptkbp:established
3rd century BCE
gptkbp:estimatedHoldings
hundreds of thousands of scrolls
gptkbp:famousFor
gptkb:Septuagint_translation
literary criticism
scientific research
philosophical studies
mathematical studies
astronomical studies
cataloging of works
gptkbp:foundedBy
gptkb:Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus
gptkb:Ptolemy_I_Soter
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Royal Library of Alexandria
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age
gptkb:Renaissance
Western scholarship
gptkbp:legacy
inspiration for modern libraries
symbol of lost knowledge
subject of legend
gptkbp:location
gptkb:Alexandria
gptkbp:notableCollection
scrolls
gptkbp:notableDirector
gptkb:Apollonius_of_Rhodes
gptkb:Aristarchus_of_Samothrace
gptkb:Callimachus
gptkb:Eratosthenes
gptkb:Hypatia
gptkb:Zenodotus
gptkbp:purpose
scholarly research
collection of knowledge
gptkbp:significance
center of learning
symbol of knowledge
gptkbp:status
destroyed
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Royal_Library
gptkb:Alexandria,_Roman_Egypt
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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