TED-ED VID: What really happened to the Library of Alexandria?

[Ryan Goble]

What really happened to the Library of Alexandria? Lesson by Elizabeth Cox, directed by Inna Phillimore 2,300 years ago, the rulers of Alexandria set out to fulfill a very audacious goal: to collect all the knowledge in the world under one roof. In its prime, the Library of Alexandria housed an unprecedented number of scrolls and attracted some of the Greek world’s greatest minds. But by the end of the 5th century CE, it had vanished. Elizabeth Cox details the rise and fall of this great building. View full lesson »