A temple of knowledge

Alison Abbott
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Alison Abbott: Nature's senior European correspondent

Nature, 2002, vol. 419, issue 6907, 556-557

Abstract: The Library of Alexandria was the ancient world's premier seat of learning — its eventual destruction an intellectual tragedy. Can its spirit be revived in modern-day Egypt? Alison Abbott visits the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

Date: 2002
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