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The Library of Alexandria was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world.

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Founded in the third century BC in Egypt, it was a center of knowledge that gathered the greatest intellectuals of the time, storing hundreds of thousands of scrolls before its eventual destruction.

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