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The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts.
Founded in the 3rd century BC under the Ptolemaic dynasty, it aimed to collect all the world's knowledge. At its height, the library housed between 400,000 and 700,000 scrolls of papyrus, drawing scholars from across the Mediterranean world.
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