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Revision as of 18:12, July 15, 2007
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's destruction remains a mystery.