idk if he did it, but we should stab Caesar just in case
2026-09-03 06:12:18
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Annelise Baer | Archaeologist :
Girl YES. The library was checked out to death, essentially. Which means a lot of those checked out scrolls ended up traveling! I’ve got so much info for this. Can I do a follow up?
2026-09-03 04:27:48
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Crystal Bruce :
Did anyone check the British Museum?😅
2026-09-03 19:06:16
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Westfallin’Down :
Also, Muslims were famous scholars. They were accumulating knowledge just as much as Alexandria. I doubt they would have burned it.
2026-09-03 20:14:19
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ARYA | Sains Buddhist 📚 :
you're wrong. the biggest library was Nalanda Library in India
2026-09-07 04:18:12
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z :
this doesn’t really help my recently acquired conspiracy theory that the vatican has some, if not a majority, of the contents of the library of alexandria in their archives. 🤷🏻♀️
2026-09-03 04:40:45
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Itsjustsarahxx :
I believe the Vatican has some access to some of that shit
2026-09-03 04:43:36
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Hitchcock :
PLEASE: read “the library: a fragile history.” Because this has happened over and over and over again. There are a hundred libraries of Alexandria in our remembered history
2026-09-03 08:03:02
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Bailey Arnett :
One story is “oh no there’s nothing we could do” and the real story is “we sat by and let this happen”
2026-09-03 04:30:45
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tabbymooney :
gasp! men lied to us? no way!
2026-09-03 09:03:20
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tamtam :
I was told the mongols threw the books in the river and for a while it dyed the river black because of the ink
2026-09-06 20:06:56
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Neesa Baker :
I bet they were burned the same way we are destroying books today politics said "this knowledge is evil' over and over again until nothing was left and that's how we got the myth
2026-09-03 09:55:34
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The Bacon :
The entire Library of Alexandria at its height could be put on 700 GB or less. Genuinely so small compared to what we produce every day now
2026-09-03 08:00:07
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Laura🌙 :
Being obsessed with knowledge. Research and hub of knowledge. Basically data centers. Political conflicts and funding questions. War for religion. Oh, how the history repeats itself and we never learn…
2026-09-03 13:58:52
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Rose :
We know books were burned in Alexandria. We don't know exactly what happened to the Library of Alexandria itself. we can speculate as much as we want, always..
2026-09-05 22:38:48
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dot dot dot :
THERE WAS ALSO!! THERE VERSION OF AI SLOP IN THE LIBRARY GUYS lmaososb the ruler wanted a copy of everything written so people would often makeup and write up books to sell to librarians to make quick money! they pretended theyd gone to lectures or heard poetry but it was just make up unverified stuff
2026-09-05 21:21:50
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HauteHoney🐝 :
Always open to feeling like an idiot when you get to tell me new history facts
2026-09-03 04:07:41
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Ellspins.ca 🇨🇦 :
I had a discussion with my son today about how the only real educational libraries now are at universities. He was gobsmacked by his first visit to a uni library and I told him we used to have huge libraries in schools. Now they are classrooms.
2026-09-03 04:40:55
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The paradox chemist :
Fun fact: The library of Alexandria didnt have a computer section because the computer hadn't been invented yet
2026-09-04 03:38:43
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legobilbobaggins :
The myth of the library of Alexandria is low key racist propaganda because there was hella libraries in the Middle East that nobody in western society even knows about but because the library of Alexandria was Greek it’s a huge deal for some reason
2026-09-03 15:14:23
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HA_ER_ :
I'm sorry, you're raising a very interesting topic, but your expression and shouting really tired me out.
2026-09-03 19:55:42
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Cassie not Kasey :
ATP I don’t even believe history anymore. Especially if it was taught in school. Mostly bc I’m an American and all they do is lie to us.
2026-09-03 06:18:58
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Lady Liberty :
fun fact: Cleopatra was a scribe who studied at the Library.
2026-09-03 06:33:55
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