🇪🇬 The Ancient Library of Alexandria | Cradle of Classical Knowledge

📜 Where Euclid calculated, Archimedes invented, and Cleopatra studied! The Original "Google" of Antiquity 🏛️ Founded circa 280 BC by Ptolemy II Philadelphus • Part of the Royal Quarter complex near the harbor • 10+ lecture halls, gardens, and the legendary Mousaion (Temple of the Muses) Mind-Blowing Collections (Lost to History 😢) 🔥 What Once Was: • 700,000+ scrolls - from Aristotle's notes to Egyptian medical texts • First-ever: Zoology lab 🦒 Astronomy observatory 🔭 Geography department 🗺️ Modern Homage ✨ Bibliotheca Alexandrina (2002): • Glass-paneled roof symbolizing eternal learning • Digital archive trying to recapture the ancient spirit #LostWonders #AncientGenius