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[[Image:Library Alexandria.jpg|thumb|right|240px|A reconstruction of the Great Hall, based on scholarly evidence.]]

'''The Library''' '''of''' '''[[Alexandria]]''' in [[Egypt]], was once the largest [[library]] in the world. It is usually assumed to have been founded at the beginning of the 3rd century BC during the reign of Ptolemy II of [[Egypt]] after his father had set up the temple of the Muses, the Musaeum.  

'''The Library of''' '''[[Alexandria]]''' in [[Egypt]], was once the largest [[library]] in the world. It is usually assumed to have been founded at the beginning of the 3rd century BC during the reign of Ptolemy II of [[Egypt]] after his father had set up the temple of the Muses, the Musaeum.  

The Library at Alexandria was conceived largely as an attempt to bring together in Alexandria the whole of the earlier [[Greek]] science, art, and literature. At one point the Library held close to fifty thousand books.

The Library at Alexandria was conceived largely as an attempt to bring together in Alexandria the whole of the earlier [[Greek]] science, art, and literature. At one point the Library held close to fifty thousand books.