Archaeologists have found what they believe to be the site of the Library of Alexandria, often described as the world's first major seat of learning. A Polish-Egyptian team has excavated parts of the Bruchion region of the Mediterranean city and discovered what look like lecture halls or auditoria. Two thousand years ago, the library housed works by the greatest thinkers and writers of the ancient world. Works by Plato and Socrates and many others were later destroyed in a fire. Announcing their discovery at a conference being held at the University of California, Zahi Hawass, president of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the 13 lecture halls uncovered could house as many as 5,000 students in total. A conspicuous feature of the rooms, he said, was a central elevated podium for the lecturer to stand on. "It is the first time ever that such a complex of lecture halls has been uncovered on any Greco-Roman site in the whole Mediterranean area," he added.

"It is perhaps the oldest university in the world." Professor Wileke Wendrich, of the University of California, told BBC News Online that the discovery was incredibly impressive. Alexandria was a major seat of learning in ancient times and regarded by some as the birthplace of western science.

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This is HUGE!!!
I wonder if their is anything left of the knowledge that was kept there.
I can't wait to hear more about this!!!
Thanks for the link!

That's AMAZING. I never expected the lost Library of Alexandria would ever be discovered, i thought it was burned to ashes in the fire.
This is a big story. I can't wait to hear more of the research going on there.

i thought socrates didn't write anything. plato wrote it all down.

Oh wow!
I can't wait to hear more about this.

oooohhh

Maybe its the Hall of Records described by Edgar Cayce. He was a psychic who predicted that something like this would be found. Apparently it contains all of the ancient knowledge, and an angel with a key will open it.

This is gonna be a big shock to the world!

Man, i'm actually really excited. What undiscovered knowledge lies within? What secrets of the ancient world shall we discover!!?

I'm gonna do some reserach on this. bbl

I would, but being at work my computer has nearly all sites blocked. This seemingly is the only site i can access, and it's great. it would be appreciated if you could post anything you find, please and thanks!

Let's hope not all of the knowledge contained there, was lost in the fire.

Let's also hope the place hasn't been completely ransaced by thevies too.

Wow...

I'm not one for the glorious destructionism of tourism, but I really hope they open this up to the public, somehow, in the next 20 years or so. I'd love to see that. Incredible.

Just coming from the thread Who's the oldest member, I noticed I have a library card for Alexandria. Oh well. I wonder what the fine for my past due book is going to total???

This is a great discovery, and will be even more so if the volumes inside are intact and they are readable. I think man is going to find out things about his history that may come as a shock. I really look forward to any new discoveries as they proceed forward.

Yes, the hall of rexords was under the paw of the great pshinx at giza, or maybe it was the pyramid...

either way, he may of made a slight misjudgement , and thsi really could be the Hall of Records. And if it is, it should contain the knowledge of the ancient egyptians, and how they built the great pyramid !

We'll just have to wait and see.

This indeed could be the archeological find of the piscean age (the last 2000 +/- years). Many ancient technologies could be there. There is nothing new inder the Sun. This has all happened before, and many times here on Earth.

I agree that this is good news, it is only a shame that many of the 'books' kept there were in fact scrolls or the archaelogists may be able to find bits of them left over from the fire. As it is many if not all the scrolls would have been burnt.

Still, here's hoping, not everything could have been on scrolls.

for those that don't know, farenheit 451 is the temperature needed to burn books, at least in ray bradbury's "farenheit 451"

Could be the end of Christianity....
in the time the library of Alexandria was burned down, the center of Jewish thinking was in Alexandria. They kept the only known copy of the list of heirs of the house of king David in that library.
It was lost during the fire, and never recovered. If it would be found, and Jesus is to be discorvered to not be David's heir, this could seriously damage Christianity... and with the Poles involved, I feel the Vatican would be all over this thing...

i saw on the history or discovery channel tht the burning of the library set human tech back 1000 years

Is there any more information on what's going on with the Library. Like, yes we know it's discovered, but i wanna know if they actually found anything in there.

Burnside, Not too much information available right at this moment. I can't find any info on the current status, other than they are trying to rebuild a new library of Alexandria. Any one with info please post it. Thanks.

Yeah i was looking myself and sadly haven't found anything.