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  Re: The lost library of Alexandria - 252K  
From: Darren New
Date: 5 Oct 2004 11:34:28
Message: <4162bf04$1@news.povray.org>
Stefan Viljoen wrote:
> Nope - it burned down in total.

I've read that some scraps of scrolls were eventually found and saved, 
including things like the formulae for the orbits of planets, etc, 
leading to the conclusion that science was fairly well advanced. If only 
they'd discovered movable type. :-)


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