Library+of+Alexandria

The library of Alexandria was built in Egypt. The Royal Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was once the largest library in the world. It is generally thought to have been founded at the beginning of the 3rd century BC, during the reign of Ptolemy II of Egypt. It was likely created after his father had built what would become the first part of the library complex, the temple of the Muses — the Musaion (from which is derived the modern English word museum). The Library of Alexandria was just a library, but it was one of the largest libraries in the world. The library of Alexandria was constructed and built because it kept their knowledge of the universe. Like every library it was built to keep interesting facts. Some of the interesting facts were Aristarchus was the first person to state that the earth revolves around the sun, a full 1800 years before Copernicus. Eratosthenes proved that the earth was spherical and calculated its circumference with amazing accuracy, 1700 years before Columbus sailed on his epic voyage.Hipparchus established the first atlas of the stars and calculated the length of the solar year accurately to within 6.5 minutes.Callimachus the poet described the texts in the library organized by subject and author, becoming the father of library science.Euclid wrote his elements of geometry, the basic text studied in schools all over the world even now. Herophylus identified the brain as the controlling organ of the body and launched a new era of medicine.Manetho chronicled the pharaohs and organized our history into the dynasties we use to this day. Zenodotus and the grammarians established the basics of literary scholarship with their meticulous definition of the Homerian text for the Iliad and the Odyssey. All those people were involved in the making of the Great and Ancient Library of Alexandria.
 * Library of Alexandria **
 * By Adam Mercuri **