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Archaeologists discover alma mater of Archimedes
The Los Angeles Times ^ | May 9, 2004 | Thomas Maugh II

Posted on 05/09/2004 11:03:56 PM PDT by SteveH

SUNDAY May 09, 2004

Archaeologists discover alma mater of Archimedes

By Thomas Maugh II

Los Angeles Times

A Polish-Egyptian team has unearthed the site of the fabled University of Alexandria, home of Archimedes, Euclid and a host of other scholars from the era when Alexandria dominated the Mediterranean.

The team has found 13 lecture halls, or auditoriums, that could have accommodated as many as 5,000 students, according to archeologist Zahi Hawass, President of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities.

(Excerpt) Read more at sltrib.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: alexandria; archaeology; archimedes; economic; egypt; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history

1 posted on 05/09/2004 11:03:57 PM PDT by SteveH
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2 posted on 05/09/2004 11:05:46 PM PDT by farmfriend ( In Essentials, Unity...In Non-Essentials, Liberty...In All Things, Charity.)
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A Polish-Egyptian team has unearthed the site of the fabled University of Alexandria

Isn't that an oxymoron?

3 posted on 05/09/2004 11:15:00 PM PDT by lewislynn (Who made you, the casual observer, the expert?)
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To: SteveH
The fates of the library and university are largely unknown. Parts of both might have been destroyed in Julius Caesar's war against Pompey. They might even have been leveled when the Arabs took over the city in 641, their locations lost to posterity.

I always thought the Library was burned down, destroyed by a roman soldier..
Here, the article says it's fate is "unknown"..

Is the destruction of the Library just legend?

4 posted on 05/09/2004 11:20:04 PM PDT by Drammach (The Wolves are at the Door... Hey, Kids! Your lunch is here!)
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There is an excellent article on the libraRIES of Alexandria, as nearly as I can tell completely objective, no axe to grind.

http://www.bede.org.uk/library.htm
5 posted on 05/10/2004 12:23:40 AM PDT by SAJ (So, ya wanna buy a bridge, eh? Lemme see what I've got in stock...)
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To: SteveH
It would be great if they could find a hidden wing of the library - with books intact.
6 posted on 05/10/2004 3:37:01 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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Finding books would be fascinating.
7 posted on 05/10/2004 4:06:37 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: SteveH
A Polish-Egyptian team has unearthed the site of the fabled University of Alexandria, home of Archimedes, Euclid and a host of other scholars from the era when Alexandria dominated the Mediterranean.

OK, that's half the battle. Now if we can just bury some of our modern universities for a couple thousand years...

8 posted on 05/10/2004 4:19:54 AM PDT by TheyConvictedOglethorpe
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To: lewislynn
Not an oxymoron.
9 posted on 05/10/2004 5:41:46 AM PDT by Dave Elias
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To: SteveH
 

Archaeologists discover alma mater of Archimedes
The Los Angeles Times ^ | May 9, 2004 | Thomas Maugh II

Posted on 05/10/2004 1:03:56 AM CDT by SteveH

 
 
But why does it say "LATIMES" when in fact it is linked to the Salt Lake City Tribune???
 

10 posted on 05/10/2004 6:08:41 AM PDT by Elsie (Truth is violated by falsehood, but it is outraged by silence.)
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But why does it say "LATIMES" when in fact it is linked to the Salt Lake City Tribune???

In the post article form, it is "the name of the source." I took that to mean the original source (where it was first published). The Salt Lake City Tribune apparently reprinted the article from the Los Angeles Times. But if one provides a link to the LAT site version of the article, one gets a subscription password challenge, so I thought it best to provide a pointer to the Salt Lake City Tribune site version of the article instead. That also has a side effect (so I understand) of decreasing revenue to the Los Angeles Times, which apparently gets advertising money based on the number of hits to its website.

11 posted on 05/10/2004 8:04:29 AM PDT by SteveH
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Gee...........

....ain't that just TOO BAD for the LATIMES!!!!!
12 posted on 05/10/2004 10:26:29 AM PDT by Elsie (Truth is violated by falsehood, but it is outraged by silence.)
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To: TheyConvictedOglethorpe
Now if we can just bury some of our modern universities for a couple thousand years...

But then, who would want to dig them up?

13 posted on 05/10/2004 1:19:32 PM PDT by yhwhsman ("Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small..." -Sir Winston Churchill)
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14 posted on 05/22/2005 9:20:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (FR profiled updated Tuesday, May 10, 2005. Fewer graphics, faster loading.)
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