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In Search of History. Lost Treasure of the Alexandria Library
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- Summary
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What did the legendary Alexandria Library look like? Where, exactly, did it stand? What did it contain? How - and why - did it vanish? This program searches for answers.
Details
- Creator
- A&E Television Networks, LLC
- Included Title
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- In search of history (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2010], c2000
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn878699737
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on December 02, 2010.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- What We Don't Know About the Alexandria Library (1:21) -- Alexander the Great (3:13) -- Alexander the Great's Spiritual Journey in Egypt (3:39) -- Alexander's Plans for the City (1:25) -- Ptolemy Develops Alexandria (1:49) -- Location and Architecture of Alexandria Library (1:22) -- Ptolemy's Acquisition of Books (1:56) -- Alexandria Library: Contribution to Medicine (3:18) -- Euclidean Geometry (1:04) -- Ptolemy II and His Lighthouse (2:12) -- Diogenes the Cynic (1:46) -- Septuagint (1:38) -- Construction of Books from Papyrus (0:56) -- Ancient Astronomy and Astrology (1:20) -- Eratosthenes (2:50) -- Alexandrian Civil War (3:11) -- End of Ptolemaic Dynasty (2:43) -- Roman Influence on the Alexandria Library (2:31) -- Mysterious Decline of the Alexandria Library (2:44) -- Legacy of the Alexandria Library (1:00) -- Credits: In Search of History: Lost Treasure of the Alexandria Library (1:00)