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The Destruction Of The Library Of Alexandria

September 26, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT

Pueblo Grande Museum Community Room
4619 E Washington St
Phoenix, AZ 85034 United States


The lecture offers details of what is known of the famed Library of Alexandria. In addition to housing an incredible literary corpus, the library attracted some of the best minds of the ancient world, who not only were credited as serving as the librarian but who also conducted critical research – their contributions will be detailed. Serving as a repository for an exceptional quantity of written material, the loss of information in ancient Alexandria by the destruction of the library is cast in the light of the lamentable historical reality in the modern era of the destruction of libraries as a political tool to erase cultural memory.

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Date:
September 26, 2019
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
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Contact

Casey Gipson
Email
cgipson3@asu.edu

Venue

Pueblo Grande Museum Community Room
4619 E Washington St
Phoenix, AZ 85034 United States
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