answer:@phoebusg “burning of the library of Alexandria” Are there any surviving examples from the Library of Alexandria at all, or even ruins where the structure once stood? Its description, to me, is of near mythical proportions, like the Colossus of Rhodes or the Tower of Babel. It’s hard to say whether or not it deserves anything more than a mention in the history books if we don’t know what kinds of thing human civilization lost in the library’s destruction.