Riven
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posted 03-10-2006 02:45 PM
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Thanks huggy bear for your tidbit.
Absonite;
Your post;
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By the fourth hour after landing they were settled near the eastern end of the long and broad avenue, one hundred feet wide and five miles long, which stretched on out to the western limits of this city of one million people. After the first survey of the city's chief attractions -- university (museum), library , the royal mausoleum of Alexander, the palace, temple of Neptune, theater, and gymnasium -- Gonod addressed himself to business while Jesus and Ganid went to the library , the greatest in the world. Here were assembled nearly a million manuscripts from all the civilized world: Greece, Rome, Palestine, Parthia, India, China, and even Japan. In this library Ganid saw the largest collection of Indian literature in all the world; and they spent some time here each day throughout their stay in Alexandria.
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They landed on the East side of Alexandria at the causeway which stretched to the west side. As such, it also stated that afterwards they went to the library. (funny that this causeway resembles the Atlantean Canal in different terms)
I believe this to be in the old part of the city which was more directly below the lighthouse and westward whereas the newer part is towards the eastern side.
As you see here, this photo is west of the lighthouse.
http://www.mts.net/~goldlion/chalci5.jpg[ 03-10-2006, 02:50 PM: Message edited by: Riven ]
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