# Ruins of the Library of Alexandria discovered. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 29, 2004, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruins-of-the-library-of-alexandria-discovered/247656 "2004-05-29T07:41:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruins-of-the-library-of-alexandria-discovered/247656/1 "2004-05-29T07:41:15Z")
[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3707641.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3707641.stm) I doubt it will happen, but I do so hope that they will be able to discover some sealed off shaft full of once lost texts. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruins-of-the-library-of-alexandria-discovered/247656/2 "2004-05-29T08:07:02Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > I doubt it will happen, but I do so hope that they will be able to discover some sealed off shaft full of once lost texts. Only if they tap it while they have seven cards in their hand. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruins-of-the-library-of-alexandria-discovered/247656/3 "2004-05-29T10:12:11Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > I doubt it will happen, but I do so hope that they will be able to discover some sealed off shaft full of once lost texts. Yeah, but with my luck, those “texts” were put there by the Black Pharoh; reading them will bring ruin to mankind. :eek: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruins-of-the-library-of-alexandria-discovered/247656/4 "2004-05-29T15:46:32Z")
Alexandria is a “sinking” city. There’s just too much moisture all over the older ruins for anything like scrolls to have survived. There was a king in the fertile crescent who envied the LoA and had a lot of its texts copied for his library. I keep hoping that someday his library will be discovered. Petra also looked hopeful for a site that contain a lot of well preserved texts. But so far the best that have been found are charred scrolls under a collapsed church wall. Not a whole lot that can be recovered. For recovered scrolls, you need a very dry place that hasn’t had a lot of humans churning stuff up for the last couple thousand years. There has been a [private library](http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2002/05/15/0514conn.html) found at Pompeii. Small, mostly duplicates of known texts so far though. ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruins-of-the-library-of-alexandria-discovered/247656/5 "2004-05-30T04:59:35Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Only if they tap it while they have seven cards in their hand. 😃 Don’t worry, **Leaper**. I got it! [😃](http://www.wizards.com/magic/autocard.asp?name=library+of+alexandria#) For those who don’t know what we’re talking about, _punch the grin off my face_. 😉 Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![Sandlegs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@Sandlegs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandlegs)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2004, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruins-of-the-library-of-alexandria-discovered/247656/6 "2004-05-30T05:31:12Z")
Oh **Leaper** , you brought back many memories.