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Article: The Library of Alexandria reopens: this brand-new institution claims an influential, ancient legacy. (IT Feature).(Egypt)
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- December 1, 2002
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After some 1,600 years, the Library of Alexandria (now called Bibliotheca Alexandrina) has reopened in Egypt. Amid an unprecedented media blitz, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak inaugurated the new library on October 16. The presidents of France, Greece, and Italy as well as the queens of Spain and Jordan joined him for the occasion. Schools were shut for 3 days and public transportation was halted for the day. The celebrations continued for a month.
The Ancient Library
The new library (http://www.bibalex.org) is being projected into the modern world as a restatement of the ancient library's legacy. In the introduction to a book about the old library, ...