# What happened to the Great Library at Alexandria? — WHE Article Discussion (2-207) **URL:** \ **Category:** WHE Articles\ **Created:** [February 1, 2011, 10:47am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/what-happened-to-the-great-library-at-alexandria-whe-article-discussion-2-207/17795 "2011-02-01T10:47:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
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Once the largest library in the ancient world, and containing works by the greatest thinkers and writers of antiquity, including Homer, Plato, Socrates and many more, the Library of Alexandria, northern Egypt, is popularly believed to have been destroyed in a huge fire around 2000 years ago and its volumous works lost. * * * _This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/207/what-happened-to-the-great-library-at-alexandria/](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/207/what-happened-to-the-great-library-at-alexandria/)._ * * * **Join the Conversation** - Have you come across a different take on this topic? - Is there anything you'd change or add? - Anything here you'd push back on? Is there anything you'd like to ask about this article? Ask away — and if you spot something that should be covered, that's useful to know too. ---
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