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In Search of History. Lost Treasure of the Alexandria Library / A&E Television Networks, LLC.

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What did the legendary Alexandria Library look like? Where, exactly, did it stand? What did it contain? How - and why - did it vanish? This program searches for answers.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Streaming video (Emerson users only)
Corporate Contributors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2010]
Subjects:
Alexandrian Library.
Civilization, Ancient.
Libraries > Egypt > Alexandria > History.
Egypt.
Africa > History.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Videorecording.
Table of Contents:
  • What We Don't Know About the Alexandria Library (1:21)
  • Alexander the Great (3:13)
  • Alexander the Great's Spiritual Journey in Egypt (3:39)
  • Alexander's Plans for the City (1:25)
  • Ptolemy Develops Alexandria (1:49)
  • Location and Architecture of Alexandria Library (1:22)
  • Ptolemy's Acquisition of Books (1:56)
  • Alexandria Library: Contribution to Medicine (3:18)
  • Euclidean Geometry (1:04)
  • Ptolemy II and His Lighthouse (2:12)
  • Diogenes the Cynic (1:46)
  • Septuagint (1:38)
  • Construction of Books from Papyrus (0:56)
  • Ancient Astronomy and Astrology (1:20)
  • Eratosthenes (2:50)
  • Alexandrian Civil War (3:11)
  • End of Ptolemaic Dynasty (2:43)
  • Roman Influence on the Alexandria Library (2:31)
  • Mysterious Decline of the Alexandria Library (2:44)
  • Legacy of the Alexandria Library (1:00)
  • Credits: In Search of History: Lost Treasure of the Alexandria Library (1:00)

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