The Fire of Alexandria’s Library: Did Christians Destroy Ancient Knowledge?

The Fire of Alexandria’s Library: Did Christians Destroy Ancient Knowledge?

A digital illustration of the ruins of the Library of Alexandria, symbolising the slow and forgotten decline of one of history’s greatest centres of knowledge. Credit: Greek Reporter archive Whenever someone brings up the Fire of the Library of Alexandria, misconceptions and historical myths take center stage. Not because people are willing to lie about such a monumental event in human history—quite the opposite. The problem is that almost every…