The progress of mankind’s knowledge has always been consistently growing, except for one event that brought our understanding of science, mathematics, philosophy, medicine and arts back hundreds of years. This was when the great Library of Alexandria, the ancient world’s first university, staffed by the most brilliant minds, vanished into oblivion with all of it’s priceless riches.

The creation of this Library was credited to Ptolemy II Philadelphus, son of Alexander the Great, who founded Alexandria in 332 BCE.

The Library’s foundation was believed to have been set at or near the…