Can anyone explain what the Library of Alexandria held? what was so important about it? and ontop of that, what were the lost scrolls of alexandria? i heard that in the end of the movie National Treasure... hope to hear form ya all... (Also, what did the library hold in Alexandria that made it so special, but yeah if someone can explain all this to me id appreciate it.

The Library at Alexandria was built by Ptolemy, a general of Alexander the Great.
It supposedly held "the knowledge of the known world". In other words it had lots of books/writings by philosophers such as Plato, Socrates, Herodotus, Homer etc..
But it was burnt down between the second and fourth centuries AD (possibly by Julius Ceasar) and all the works were destroyed.
It isn't really known what was held there but there could have been a lot of important/fascinating stuff.
Some poeple think that it was destroyed by Christians trying to erase all pagan teachings/writings, so it could have contained copies of The Dead Sea Scrolls/ Nag Hammadi Scrolls or something like them.

that is really interesting, can you tell me more please?? also what is the Nag Hammadi Scrolls, and what were the scrolls of alexandria?

I don't know what the scrolls of Alexandria were but the Nag Hammadi scrolls are a collection of 13 gnostic books/codices containing 55 texts that were found in Egypt in 1945.
The texts in the Nag Hammadi Library date from the first two or three centuries of the Christian era and primarily represent previously lost or unknown Christian sacred writings – writings often described as "Gnostic" in character. Notably included among the texts was an edition of the Gospel of Thomas, a text perhaps older than the four known canonical gospels.

http://www.crystalinks.com/libraryofalexandria.html

very good info with a possable finding of the place actical.

crystalinks apparently doesnt really present factual info tho.

crystalinks is actually a good website though... also guys keep telling me more im soo interested??? did they find any remains of anything, or was it all burned? and why was it burned?? also what was so special about the LIGHTHOUSE of Alexandria?

lol 176 views, and noone can give me anymore information on this topic =(... i even read up on it.. im just lookin for maybe specific info that someone might have!

It was considered to be the tallest man made structure of its time.It is said that the mysterious mirror of the lighthouse could reflect the light tens of kilometers away. Legend says the mirror was also used to detect and burn enemy ships before they could reach the shore.

The idea of a Lighthouse was conceived and initiated by Ptolemy, but was completed after his death by his son. Detailed calculations for the structure and its accessories were carried out at the Alexandria Library. For centuries, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, also known as the Pharos Lighthouse, was used to mark the harbor, using fire at night and reflecting sun rays during the day. It was even shown on Roman coins, just as famous monuments are depicted on currency today.

Out of the seven wonders of the Ancient world, the Lighthouse of Alexandria was the only one which had a practical use. Also, out of the six vanished wonders, it was the last to disappear.

Thanks Bone Collector, good information, also i just read about it that they sent divers a few years ago to dive deep to see if they could find anything, and i guess they found some artifacts, and peices of the lighthouse, to prove it did exsist!!!! also lets try to mix in the Library of Alexandria too guys.. anyone know anymore info on either or topic?

iirc, the library at alexandria was the storehouse of all knowledge in the ancient world,
that included all the maps of the world and all the mathematics known to man as well as everything intelligent that had ever been written by anybody of note.
allegedly
To start with the christians moved in there in the 4th century and burned anything they didn't like the look of and called it heretical, after all if sailors knew there were other lands then people would flee christian persecution in droves.
theres a legend that it was the turks who burnt everything but its a legend penned by a christian bishop so its hardly valid.
there was a annexe to the library at a local shrine but after they built the new church on that spot they had a big bonfire.
So basically if you want to see anything secret from the library at alexandria you'll find it residing in the vatican library in Rome.
But its not a public library so its a little unlikely that they'll just let you in.
its also guarded by eight foot tall jesuits with laser beams for eyes
hehehe

just the job for indiana jones!!
''something like that belongs in a muesum''

i see new new idea for a game now....
remember evry1, i thought of it first!!

i think you'll find that the indiana jones game has been done

Here's a link: The Mysterious Fate Of The Library Of Alexandria

funny how the other possible burners of alexandria are only mentioned by the catholics.
everyone else on earth says they did it.
they themsleves said that they did it because the knowledge contained was heretical
and you know those catholics and heresies
bonfire anyone ?

didn't they just find a way to read the burned books they found? i think that stuff was all written on velum, pig skin or something like that. it's pretty strong stuff, we had some in a history class in college.

velum thats been stored in a carbonised form in a hermetically sealed vault might have survived from that time
its when they put them into furnaces to provide central heating you get problems

or used it as firewood to burn witches....

what are you on about roswell.
no one ever used heretical material to burn a witch.

lol im pretty sure he was kidding marduk, wow... i hope u didnt take him seriously, i only think this cause you dont have one of your faces next to your line, that you usually do when your joking hehe

he wasn't joking
he just doesn't know what most of the stuff from the library was used to heat baths

That was in Syracuse, not in Alexandria....

"Out of the seven wonders of the Ancient world, the Lighthouse of Alexandria was the only one which had a practical use."
that sentence is the biggest load of baloney ever

wheres that link from anyway bone collecter?

its a christian website
so dubious

nag hammandi is a coptic gnositc scrolls, kinda like the dead sea scrolls, contains the book of mary and phillip, its a good book u can by in some religon stores, and alexandria is suppost to have the scrolls and bloodline of jesus in there too, but thats just a rumor

i think this is soo interesting.. does anyone believe that any works survived in the library??? and didn't get burned? and they are in hidding or museums today?

Nothing survived en masse
a few individual works did and keep popping up fro time to time

I'll try and find an artists rendition I have. But there are artist renditions of all the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World in the U.M. archives. Donated by yours truly.

are they all your own work ?
I'd like to see them
but can't find them
can you link ?

Not my work. I'm not sure when they were originally drawn, maybe 2-3 hundred years ago? They're an artist's rendition drawn from a mythological standpoint and not actually seen.

The Colussus of Rhodes

Great Pyramids of Giza

The Lighthouse of Alexandria

The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus

The Statue of Zeus at Olympus

The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

I thought I had scanned the Library at Alexandria, but it's missing. I have to find it again. Either I forgot to scan it or it's misplaced.

You know what, if I'm not mistaken I think the Library of Alexandria is there, but just under a different name... not sure? I think I'm missing the Hanging Gardens of Babylon here. I know that is one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World.

Yes but the library wasn't
just the lighthouse in alexandria made it as they are all engineering marvels
doh
not literal ones

nice pics though
just a pity that most of them are wrong
thanks
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/list.html

And how are they wrong? The only one I'm missing is the HGOB. Didn't you read the captions underneath the pictures? They match your site link exactly.

you should try clicking your own links A R
i'm not disagreeing with anything you say just your ability to link to the right picture
i got an image of the sphinx at one point

All the links are fine, you must have a glitch in your system.

This isn't my system
i'm getting
1 easter island
2 map of the inca civilisation
3 nazca lines (4)
4 pre inca carvings
5 the great pyramids of giza
6 the sphinx

I got the same as Marduk. Even the one that SAID Great Pyramids at Giza bore no resemblance to the actual thing.

Clear your cache because I'm getting the correct links. If you can't see then conventionally, then go search for them. They're under the first category. There's only 15 short pages to look through.

Ah, I see! When Saruman changed the site, the links must have changed also! Sorry folks, however they're in the Ancient Mysteries section.

I liked the great pyramid sketch though
that was funny
its living evidence that it helps to know something of your subject matter before attemting to detail it to others
looks more like Nubian Pyramids

where are the works? what were the works on that survived??? and yeah, where are they keeping them?

The Vatican

what are the works on?

I can't believe you, Marduk! I'm trying to show you some great looking sketches of the 7 wonders of the ancient world and you're still putting me down. You're insufferible!

I'm not imsufferable
you're just paranoid
i do honestly like the pyramids picture
i wasn't being sarcastic honest
i like it because artistically its of a very high standard and its irony makes me laugh

Marduk and I may not exactly get along all of the time, but i do believe he was being sincere.

Is that Zeus in front of the "pyramids"?

No. Zeus is a Greek god.

Why don't we just say that we don't always agree over women and leave it at that

I love this kind of old world art
i wish i knew the provenance.
seems to me to be a sketch by an artist witha view to create a painting
any ideas by who its by ?
(A.R. sincere)

If I had my original photocopies I could tell you.