Royal Library of Alexandria

GPTKB entity

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 gptkb:literary_criticism gptkb:scientific_research philosophical studies mathematical studies astronomical studies cataloging of works
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus gptkb:Ptolemy_I_Soter
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	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Royal Library of Alexandria