Much of Alexander the Great's success has been attributed to his desire for not only conquest,

but also for the pursuit of knowledge.

This attitude was adopted by many of his generals and contemporaries, where it became a sign of

nobility to have large and extensive libraries.

In the city that bears his name, Alexandria, Alexander's companion told me the first became

King of Egypt after Alexander's death and decided to continue his former friend and King's

legacy of learning.

At the time, Alexandria was the largest city in the western world, and it was the ideal

place for a grand library to be built.

Not only a library, but an institute where scholars from all over the Hellenistic world would

be invited to study and lecture on areas like astronomy, mathematics, history, and medicine.

Thousands of translations of ancient Egyptian texts and early Greek histories would come

to be housed within its walls.

The exact location of this grand library is now a mystery.

Rumors of its destruction and the vast volumes of knowledge lost have haunted historians

and archaeologists to this very day.

This case file joined the theorist as they searched for the knowledge of all the lost

flickers within the halls of the library of Alexandria.

Welcome to alien theorist theorizing case file 178, the library of Alexandria.

I'm Braden, I'm Zell, I'm Dan, and I am Andrew, welcome, welcome to the show.

It's like the opening of like talk radio.

You know what I wanted to, I was every single week, I forget to tell you, Zell, that when

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