Chris, Corinne, and Emily explore the concept of a universal library, focusing mostly on the ancient Library of Alexandria and its legendary—and mysterious—demise.
Today’s Link
- Episode 75: Library of Alexandria transcript
- The Library of Alexandria: Centre of Learning in the Ancient World, a collection of academic essays edited by Roy MacLeod
- Episode of the BBC radio show In Our Time from March 2009
- The Vanished Library by Luciano Canfora
- An episode of In Search of History about the Library of Alexandria
