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Library at Alexandria Discovered?

Posted by michael on from the overdue-books dept.

dustmote writes "According to the BBC, a Polish-Egyptian team believes they may have discovered the Library at Alexandria, including ancient lecture halls or auditoria, in the Bruchion region of the city. It's said by some that the burning of the library set civilization back as much as a thousand years."

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  1. Re:Why would that have mattered? by arkane1234 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ownership denotes an apostrophe.

    "Sharon's book was good."

    Check out a good tutorial on apostrophe usage:

    http://www.mccc.edu/students/tutoring/apostrophe .h tml

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  2. We need more burning. by Bob+Cat+-+NYMPHS · · Score: 0, Troll

    Except for a few volumes on geometry, the library likely contained masses of CRAP about gods, goddesses, thaumaturgy, alchemy, inaccurate histories, &c.

    Sure, it would be fun and possibly enlightening to read that stuff, but it wouldn't help you cure leprosy. The ancients were IGNORANT, and you should only prize info that has been confirmed by science (something they did not have).

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