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What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria?

What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria?( )
Editor: El-Abbadi, Mostafa
Fathallah, Omnia
Serageldin, Ismail
Series title:Library of the Written Word / Library of the Written Word - the Manuscript World Ser.
ISBN:978-90-04-16545-8
Publication Date:Feb 2008
Publisher:BRILL
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $176.00
Book Description:

This book aims at presenting a new discussion of primary sources by renowned scholars of the long disputed question of What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria? The treatment includes a brilliant presentation of cultural Alexandrian life in late antiquity.

Book Details
Pages:260
Detailed Subjects: History / Middle East / Egypt
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):0.624 x 0.936 x 0.332 Inches
Book Weight:1.258 Pounds
Author Biography
(Editor)
Mostafa Abdel Hamid el-Abbadi was born in Cairo, Egypt on October 10, 1928. He received a bachelor's degree with honors from the College of Letters and Arts of the University of Alexandria in 1951 and a doctorate in ancient history from Jesus College, the University of Cambridge in 1960. He became a lecturer at the University of Alexandria. He was the visionary behind the revival of the Great Library of Alexandria. The new library opened in 2002. He wrote several books during his lifetime including Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria. He died from heart failure on February 13, 2017 at the age of 88.

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