Library of Alexandria

The Royal Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was once the largest library in the world.It is generally thought to have been founded at the beginning of the 3rd century BC, during the reign of Ptolemy II of Egypt. The Library was likely created after his father had built what would become the first part of the Library complex, the temple of the Muses — the  Museion, Greek Μουσείον (from which the modern English word museum is derived).
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