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What Really Destroyed the Library of Alexandria?

7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (522+ words) History loves a villain, but the culprit was likely something much more mundane. Stones & Bones is back! Today we explore the most likely culprit for the destruction of the Library of Alexandria. Want to make sure you get every Stones…...

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What really happened to the Library of Alexandria? These are the theories.

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (529+ words) The loss of the ancient world's greatest repository of knowledge has been mourned for centuries—but Julius Caesar may not really be to blame. As flames engulfed the Library of Alexandria, the ancient world’s greatest repository of human knowledge vanished....