Originally posted by truth_seeker3
This is fascinating, after all we thought all the documents were lost.

Actually, they probably weren't. The collection was lost but copies of these books were in other places around the world and in other royal libraries. But no other royal library had books from other countries.

In 2004 and no follow up? There is something going on. They found something. Something BIG.

Someone jumped the gun and said it was the Library. It apparently wasn't. If they are excavating Cleopatra's palace grounds there should be a number of large buildings and compounds on the estate. The exact location isn't known, and since the date of destruction is uncertain (and water would quickly destroy paper scrolls), it may be hard to find the real Library. One clue would be the inscriptions on the wall (described by Plutarch, I think)... if you could find the wall with the inscriptions.

We should know about this. The World's first generation of history was contained there.

They did have plays, books on mathematics and the science of that time. The only people doing histories (other than religious lists of "this king begat that king), were the Romans and they didn't start doing histories until 200 BC or so. They may have had some Greek histories, but that's kind of doubtful.

How do we know THIS? Well, a number of Greek and Roman writers used the Library and they (as scientists) referred to information they got from these books. So we have some idea of what was in there, because it was valued information used by the Mediterranean world.

If they'd had something about Atlantis or Older Civilizations, references would have showed up in their writing.

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Somehow, i'm really not surprised that this news was buried. Come on, you really think they would want us to find something so important to our history, especially a history that may or may not been largely fabricated by Roman and Vatican scholars.....

I'm not the type to be pessimistic, but i figure if they find or have found anything that would dispute the current historical teachings, they would squash it, just like the electric Car.

Originally posted by Anonymous ATS
This is an absolutely amazing find, do you know if they found anything else?

Yeah lots! It's all beneath the ocean. I think one of the discoveries is allegedly the 9th wonder of the world, the fabled light house of Alexandria.
Anyone been to an aquarium and walked through those under water tunnels where the fish/sharks/sting rays swim above you will know what they have in mind for this underwater site. Tourists will be able to see it all..

Also in unrelated news, they've found the previous city which Alexandria was built upon.

Originally posted by Quiintus
Anyone been to an aquarium and walked through those under water tunnels where the fish/sharks/sting rays swim above you will know what they have in mind for this underwater site. Tourists will be able to see it all..

Also in unrelated news, they've found the previous city which Alexandria was built upon.

that would be a great addition to everything else Egypt has to offer in the way of tourism, they could also make a underwater roller coaster ride for the kiddies. but i hope that some of the lost lore can be recovered from the waters.

I think the point a bout the Muslim comments is that it's hard to say Muslims did it and not make it sound like you're implying they are all in on it. I prefer to look at it as individuals that make choices. Doesn't matter what religious background they come from.

The first book in the "Danger Boy" time travel series, "Ancient Fire," is set in Alexandria, and its library. In fact, one of the recurring characters is the daughter of the last librarian of Alexandria.

An interesting thought. I was doing some more research (reading up on Cleopatra, actually) and found some small details on what was in the Royal Library. It does seem that the first history books were there and at least one of the was about Egypt.

Others referred to it.