The Library of Alexandria housed 700,000 scrolls
The legendary Library of Alexandria, an ancient intellectual powerhouse, is estimated to have preserved around 700,000 scrolls, representing a lost golden age of knowledge.
The ancient Library of Alexandria, established in the third century BCE, is believed to have held an astonishing 700,000 scrolls. This made it the largest repository of knowledge in the ancient world, a true intellectual powerhouse. Scholars from across the Mediterranean gathered there to study and copy texts on everything from mathematics to philosophy.
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