Did Alexander Burn Any Libraries in Egypty

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Did Alexander Burn Any Libraries in Egypty

Post by iskander_32 »

Hi FolksToday at work I had aserious debate with a guy into Egypt, his evidence was he read over 30 books on Egypt.He swore black and Blue Alexander was responsible for burniong a library in Egypt, The Only Library I am aware of it the burning of the library in Alexandria down to the Romans.Is there any other libraries that Alexander was supposed to have torched regardsKenny
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Re: Did Alexander Burn Any Libraries in Egypty

Post by maciek »

HI!
Of course no he didn't burn anything in Egipt. On the contrary - he builded city (quite fames) and rebuilded or restored the temples like temple of Amor-Re in Thebes (today's Luxor).
Only one library he burned was those in Persepolis but it was also accident he wanted to burn Palace as a revenge for burning Athens but library was close enough that fire embranced it too...Maciek
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Re: Did Alexander Burn Any Libraries in Egypty

Post by beausefaless »

Greetings Kenny,It was Julius Caesar, some historians think he pushed man back a thousand years by doing so. They say Columbus might have been flying to the moon instead of bringing disease to the natives in the far west. A little far fetched but fun to think about.Take care, Andrew
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