Libraries Gallery

Alexandria Library

Scholars examine the scrolls of the library of Alexandria, the greatest collection of the ancient world, burnt in 47 and finally destroyed by Moslem general Amrou 22 December 640

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Statue of Virtue

Statue of Virtue, Arete, on the facade of the Roman Library of Celsus dating from between 110 and 135 AD, at the archaeological site of Ephesus, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

© Robert Harding 2008 - All Rights Reserved

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Chicago, Illinois, USA, in the 1890's. Dearborn Avenue, north of Chestnut Street. From the book The United States of America - One Hundred Albertype Illustrations From Recent Negatives of the Most Noted Scenes of Our Country, published 1893.; Chigaco, Illinois, United States of America

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