Libraries have been around as long as civilization. As archeological evidence builds, more and more libraries are found.

Links

Innvista has a list of ancient libraries by geographical region.

 

The library of Assurbanipal

Kotinos also has a nice article on The library of Assurbanipal.

A brief paper on Assurbanipal is from a university site.

And, of course, there is a Wikipedia article on this ancient library.

 

Library at Alexandria

Wikipedia has an article on the Library of Alexandria with many references at the end of the article.

This article "The ancient library of Alexandria and the re-built of the modern one" by Sameh M. Arab.

 

Roman libraries

This Greek site Kotinos has a brief article on Ancient Roman libraries.

A Brief History of Roman Libraries is an article by Javier Rodriguez from the "Illustrated History of the Roman Empire."

A paper on ancient libraries of Greece and Rome, Ancient Libraries of Greece and Rome: A Summary of Research Findings 1999 by Jacalyn C. Spoon.

Books

The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World by Luciano Canfora, translated by Martin Ryle; Published by the University of California Press, 1989.

 

This tightly written book is about the Ancient Library at Alexandria.


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