Case Study

Britannica Library

Britannica Library

The ancient library of Alexandria was established by Ptolemy I & Ptolemy II. It was the idea of the Athenian statesman and philosopher, Demetrius of Phalerum. The Library faced many significant disasters. The first was in 48 B.C., when the main building of the library, the Royal Library was burned during Julius Caesar’s war in Alexandria, and the second during the 4th century A.D., upon the transfer of the Eastern Roman Empire from

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