Hey everyone, first of all I would like to welcome you all to my post today and hope you have so far a week which has brought interesting experiences into your life! In my new post I have decided to expand my travel blog again and am very happy when others appreciate what I do.
During my time in Egypt I made a day trip to the cultural city of Alexandria and already in the last day shared a few of the places and today I would like to another important place of the city. Right when I arrived in Alexandria, my first stop was the well-known libraries that once should have contained hundreds of thousands of writings and at that time it served the purpose of storing all the knowledge of humanity and who wanted to know something found it here. When exactly the libraries were opened is not fully clarified, but it's assumed that it could have been created as early as 300 BC and also under which ruler the enormous collection was built is not entirely clear and there are some many open questions. It's so important to know that the original library has been severely damaged over the course of time and the building I visited was built in more modern times and the goal was to bring the ideology of the past back to life when the library was opened in 2002. Much is very controversial and to be honest there are very few remains of the old libraries and the exact location is often discussed, which is why it is not surprising that so many myths have arisen about the library, some of which just sound unimaginable.
Even if there are many open questions, it should be certain that there used to be some minds who had the intelligence to collect or record as much knowledge as possible and, as a result of rumors, the library was even the meeting place for some legendary scholars and even inventors. Among the most famous people who are said to have been here are Euclid or Archimedes and even when it came to literature, writings in all possible languages of the world could be found here, which left a lot of space for the study of other cultures. Certainly it was not easy to build up such an enormous collection and as a port city it's even assumed that ships that arrived here first had to hand in their writings and then a copy was made of it, which proves the ideology of thirst for knowledge.
The rebirth of the library was also about restoring much of the old knowledge and also preserving it for the future, which is why there are also some areas within the library that concentrate only on research and processing of knowledge, while in other parts many come to study. Since the old one was probably partly destroyed by earthquakes, it was important in the construction to ensure that it could withstand this scenario and it has also developed into an important center of cultural exchange which is particularly often praised for the digital infrastructure. With everything there is to see here is quite something offered which is why it can be worthwhile to take also a photo of the card so as not to get confused and also the entrance which, depending on the type, starts from about 150 Egyptian pounds, is more than fair for everything offered.
Many thanks for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new and like my post and appreciate my effort! I captured these pictures with my Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm and iPhone 16.
