The Lost Wonders of the Library of Alexandria

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Dive into the fascinating history of the ancient Library of Alexandria, one of the most famous and influential libraries of the classical world. In this informative video, we unravel the rich history, the significant contributions, and the circumstances surrounding its decline and disappearance. Join us as we explore the scholarly haven that housed countless texts, attracted intellectuals from across the known world, and served as a central hub for knowledge and learning for several centuries.
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[@UniverseInsideYou]

The first 100 people who visit ANCESTRA.shop will get a MASSIVE discount!

[@occamsrazor9183]

The thumbnail I have used before, I believe this library was sacked before burned, most in the Vatican basement...

[@pacochawa2746]

I think thats a lot more than a belief...

[@badmanskill1112]

It could have been. There is miles of shelves with books at the Vatican that almost no one can access. And if you do access if you have to know exactly what you're looking for AND they're no catalog telling you what's there.

[@Private-wj4nd]

Thank you. This is what I was going to say. Rome never fell, it only changed form. (Isn’t that what good old Nic Machiavelli said?… that it was a huge mistake for to allow the Catholic Church so much power…)

[@occamsrazor9183]

@@Private-wj4nd I was just thinking about what I said here word for word not 20 minutes ago, no joke, Tnx...

[@KamiTenchi]

I can't believe they burned it down. All that historical wonders gone......or maybe in the Vatican's.

[@tvl9235]

Probably more likely that that’s gonna burn down to then the normal poeple ever getting the answers that lie there

[@TheLastTitan007]

I doubt that any of its in the Vatican. The library burned in 48 bc. The first pope didn't happen till 30 ad. The Vatican wasn't built till 1929. So I highly doubt there are any scrolls from the great library in there. It's not impossible just highly unlikely.

[@Chazb369]

They didn’t burn history it was a distraction they set the fire while they robbed it all and then used the knowledge for power and rewrote our history

[@tracyredwine8311]

Maybe it's in the Smithsonian!!!!

[@Grievance87]

@@tracyredwine8311 ;) Then all those writings were dumped into the sea

[@robertblanc7578]

Humans eh? If psychopaths didn't continually rise to the top, we would be interplanetary at least by now.

[@pacochawa2746]

We would be healthy too.

[@davidbrockmeier9538]

But we let them rise to the top, because we want the high ground for some reason.

[@scentsoftravelmeditation]

@@pacochawa2746& wealthy

[@adeptus333777]

Honor and integrity are gatekept from any position of meaningful power.

[@thelawenforcer1]

Love the use of Assassins Creed Origins library footage too 👌💯

[@rosssinclair8346]

Spotted that too

[@scentsoftravelmeditation]

I’ve always said that franchise is so historically accurate and detailed

[@thelawenforcer1]

@@scentsoftravelmeditation @scentsoftravelmeditation I spent hours exploring in Odyssey and Origins admiring every detail. With the NPCs walking around speaking their languages, going about routines, and the historically accurate architecture it’s the closest thing we get to a time machine. Would love to see it in VR to experience it at scale!

[@akforge]

I’m of the opinion that all the important scrolls were not destroyed but taken underground via the ancient mystery schools and that wealth of knowledge has been kept from humanity and maintained up through the modern secret societies. The “burning” of the library was the perfect cover for this. “For there is no knowledge that is not power”.

[@Darklight727]

I think it was just destroyed by barbarians

[@nilsu1730]

​@@Darklight727Halife osmanin yaptırdığı soyleniyor

[@jacknotreallyjackstrawfrom7109]

Simaliar to the "looting" of the museum of Baghdad in the first Iraq war. While it was looted of all the fakes upstairs, a real looting of the museum took place in the basement by the US Army

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

Every time I hear a reference to the burning of the library of Alexandria, I feel a bit sick.

[@bee7549]

same here...rather being submerged under water than burned by the hands of humans

[@recharge6696]

I've been keeping up with "Universe Inside You" for years. Always love your content.

[@rogerscottcathey]

Most books were copies and originals returned to owners, not reverse. I'm enchanted by the idea that there are as of yet undiscovered secret or buried depositories. Surely wise people recognized their fragility and dangers and frequency of wars.

[@BossFeeds]

I did my M.A. degree on Clement of Alexandria. You have provided an excellent and thorough background on the City of Alexandria, the Mediterranean and the Library that I was not fully aware ! Keep up the good work. DGR.

[@mikehazel9991]

Most of there videos are great. Done with great insight and some speculative. The more I watch their videos the more I realize that we've been hand-fed lies most of our life's it's really shocking how deep the cover up go's. My only thought on that is. Why? Why keep all of it covered up? Don't we have the right to know the truth?

[@sonofapollon447]

Excellent video. Many scrolls from the library of Alexandria came from the Egyptian city of Heliopolis. Heliopolis was also a major site of learning in the ancient world along with Babylon and Nineveh.

[@SanghamitraMandal]

Amazing and informative video, loved watching it from India.

[@mreclectic700]

One of the original 7 wonders...oh how I wish I could be able to visit

[@Thyranel]

Thank you for another great video!!

[@artawhirler]

This was really interesting! I had always thought the entire library was destroyed in that fire. But now I know that only part of it was destroyed and the library actually lasted for many more years! Thanks!

[@donnysandley4649]

Very well done 👍✅💯😎😉😊😀🙂

[@briankerr4512]

You guys do a very good job making these videos . Do you make the animations as well ? The 3d modeling and animation is attractive. History is kinda warped though. Were the Roman times or Greek times really as far back as the history says ? Maybe this was only 1000 or less years ago ? ... things are quite in the dark about real time lines ... just imagine steam jet engines ...

[@fiftysomething7199]

I'm happy to listen and learn. Thank you.

[@-Hung_4_Hist-]

I truly believe that the information that was collected and contained in the library would have contributed greatly towards industrialization and, therefore, the creation of technologies that would have driven mankind into a world we only dream of. 2,000 years behind and here we are today.

[@-Hung_4_Hist-]

Christianity was dead set on getting rid of any knowledge that would question its validity. That's how you know they were on all BS...keep the people dumb and uneducated so they believe what we want them to believe....smh

[@BigfootSasquatch]

Great topic eager to dive in

[@Savan_Triveda]

Mention that Hypatia was murdered by christian religious fanatics. They cut her in pieces and burned her. Catholicism marks the beginning of the dark age and the disappearance of it will mark the end of the dark age. Everywhere they killed the intelligent and good people because the earth is a plate and not a sphere. Lets remember Hypatia and celebrate her day and not the day of the villain Kyrill von Alexandria. Bravo, a very nice episode this one.

[@lucfeir]

This is not a movie for naive children.

[@erikredding2308]

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[@depshallburn]

Yeah where are the zealous religious people now?

[@hyeangels8413]

Very well done, indeed!!👍👏❤

[@yuklz247]

Please read about the libraries in India called Thakshashila and Nalanda and what happened to them. Hint: Peacefuls

[@mdjambazky4968]

I love how you use assassin's creed footage. I love those games and I love this channel

[@PS-mv7it]

I'm still mad about the destruction of the library of Alexandria and Hypatia's cruel death.....

[@jandancer33]

Thank you ❤

[@mreclectic700]

5:25 FINAL FANTASY fans. Book hunters reminds me of the Sphere hunters in FFX-2. Coincidence? I think not 😅

[@janetgraham-russell4476]

I can't watch this. Too soon! 😢

[@abhilashprasannaradhakrish557]

Try to compile information about libraries of the world that was destroyed. Would give better understanding about His Story as such we know and are thaught

[@user-btmbangalore]

I am from India. Alike Rome and Greece, our civilization held scholars above the king and queen. However, our written records were fewer in comparison, much of our knowledge transfer adopted oral/memory preservation route. Smart if you consider no one could not erase or steal a memory, you could of course kill the person holding a great memory. But memory skill and analytical skill are entirely two different specializations, it had its downside too. Scholars were treated as demi god, king and queen had to be scholar too to deserve that reception and accommodation. Scholars lost eminence, once again alike in Rome and Greece, as society became less interested in knowledge for knowledge sake. Fall in hard discipline among scholars too caused them to lose lesdership. Adding to this slow decline, the invaders wiped out libraries and temple libraries in order to establish a new hierarchy. Today library has no special significance, it is not affiliated to an university in most places. Modern technology and many publications have made them less important in time. We still love a treasured library, it has endless wonder if a person is seeking wonder.

[@LordLaavineshNithianandan]

Our Nalanda The 1st university welcoming all students of the World

[@Private-wj4nd]

We now know that information is stored in the DNA and passed down to your progeny. This is why children often have untaught knowledge & knowledge beyond their years. The trick is understanding how to unlock this information. Unfortunately, the most easily retrievable information is traumatic as it is necessary for survival. The good stuff is in their too! ❤

[@schalufu4634]

So this is way some stuff survived. Uh ! ❤

[@magical8013]

Now I can see why different leaders considered it a threat. Anything to keep the sheep in the pasture

[@Straight-420-Vision--..]

I can believe it history power whenever you get to control how it's told

[@Koozwad]

So who ultimately destroyed the library of Alexandria in the end?

[@Dr.shalinishahi111]

जय सत् चित् आनन्द जी 🙏🙏

[@seandawkins1782]

I feel like you made this video for me! Even if you didn't (and you probably didn't ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ) thank you!

[@mekiubann]

Do a video on Fathers Crespi’s collection

[@conorcordner2512]

good video well Thought Out ❤ you should look into ice ages and the Factor was 4 before us and we are living in one the Mayans say there were four worlds before us and we are living in the 5th

[@cathyvachez774]

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[@Wolfgang_Amadeus_X_Machina]

Hypatia!!!

[@sandatoacsen9858]

Questo significa : "mettere tutte le uova in un solo cesto." ! ... e ancora si ripette questo sbaglio !... L, umanita e davero ingenua !

[@pacochawa2746]

Lost my ass. More like just stolen from the public.

[@tomevans4402]

I think it was looted then burned.

[@ussstropicana]

Wasn't there two libraries in Alexandria?

[@jesseoterrell1096]

Content's were moved unfortunately some were Lost at Sea and yes was hidden in the Vatican Archeology has made the HOLY church REVEAL secrets the CHURCH will always be a place to gather in LOVE and LEARNING to LIFT that LOVE in the SINGING and LEARNING what we invite into our hearts and WHO CHRIST was and the SIN Jesus became on the cross AND the LOVE inside CHRIST that none can separate us from ROM 8 v 37-39...

[@jennygem8775]

is it voice of teal swan?

[@bakedcreations8985]

Ancient Internet

[@jonathanzaragoza3260]

Alexandria sounds like a paradise to any scholar. I wonder if our society valued intellect as much as the Alexandrian’s did if we’d be in higher standing in regards to the development of our civilization as a whole. Great video! Thank you for the content.

[@Immigrationsituation]

Obviously their city did not value intellect enough to protect it. Even more so is the same people that destroyed the library are the same people destroying everything now. Even though we now call them. Bankers!!!!

[@benworthing]

First x

[@abelrozario2073]

Assassin's creed origins library

[@BEAdventurePartners]

Erasing info since way back then! The whole I don’t like what you are saying so I’m gonna erase you behavior. Kinda relates to this moment in time…

[@cerebraspark]

now one piece is true

[@mohnjarx7801]

Is this an AI narrator?

[@enigmavibess]

Whole channel its AI

[@mimihernandez6028]

It is not. A few years ago all the videos were in a computer animated voice and peoplecomplained they couldn't understand it. It was changed over into this voice and the content creator made a video clarifying that its a human narrating it.

[@mohnjarx7801]

@@mimihernandez6028 it sounds like the narrator on Gaia's series Deep Space. I think it's Regina Meredith

[@abhilashprasannaradhakrish557]

No it's not a human voice, just check the voice modulation, even before finishing one sentence or a word next is begun. Also the absence of breath is also present. Hear sentence where it uses English and also numericals near by you will find the difference

[@UniverseInsideYou]

The narrator is not AI. Her name is Petra Ortiz and her details are in the description.

[@fhuectex9876]

Baghdad was by far a worse loss

[@ObsidianPill]

Shit cray!

[@wulfyj7516]

2 shitshows in a row, has to be AI ? byby

[@cdnamerican9646]

Voice is kind of sing-songy.........

[@enegron6987]

It’s disappointing and sad that y’all would use Petra Ortiz’s voice artificially as such and a disservice to her on the whole. I really hope that she isn’t being disrespected like this and if so I hope y’all reap what you sowed by doing so. She’s the most valuable member of this channel and without her y’all are just dead in the water. If your next video doesn’t have her real narration I’m unsubscribing

[@rdmyers2541]

Very sad if they are using her voice without her permission

[@shadowdragon3521]

How do you know they're replicating her voice? Did she make a statement about it?

[@PetraVoice]

It is my voice and with my permission, THANK YOU FOR CARING ABOUT ME 😇🥰

[@enegron6987]

@@PetraVoice I’m really glad to hear that. But why does your voice sound like it’s chopped at certain parts where it sounds artificially distorted/disjointed almost mechanical?

[@PetraVoice]

@@enegron6987 Because the video was created before the voice over was recorded so I and the channel owner had to go through some measures and semi-contort it to make it fit the length of the video as best as possible 😇

[@gizmo-xc4eb]

This is why I have nothing to do with Christianity…

[@BanaynayTube]

Ah, religion in history shines once again with its primitive eminence for ignorance and bigotry. And still going today. 👏

[@langer6511]

Ac origins. Just saying😂

[@hectorkeezy1633]

ignorance has allways been the hallmark of cristianety-

[@davidbrockmeier9538]

This used to make me sad. But now we're in the information age. And we're dumber than ever.

[@Callmedaddy1]

Thank the cultist Muslims for destroying all that great knowledge.

[@CHANYA]

Listening to this seemingly artificial narrative voice telling these captivating stories can be quite monotonous. Unfortunately, this monotonous tone often discourages me from watching the video to its conclusion.

[@sonofapollon447]

She's not an artificial voice. Stop being ignorant

[@mreclectic700]

Bye 👋

[@Blackstone175]

Change the title to " hypatia in Alexandria" your title made it seem like it was going to cover significant information that people may be unfamiliar with. Instead it's not... I could care less about 1 person, that's not what the title suggests. I'm sure I'll get hate for it, but I garentee I'm not the only one who feels mislead.

[@lucfeir]

It a handling !!

[@CPaynster]