Did you know the Library of Alexandria may still lie buried, with scrolls that could rewrite human history? From Alexander’s divine vision to Mamluk cannons sinking wisdom into the sea , this explosive chronicle reveals how a city of genius became a graveyard of empires. 📜 You’ll discover: Why Ptolemy I paid 10,000 talents to hijack Alexander’s corpse, turning Alexandria into a cult of the dead. - How Archimedes’ stolen war machines protected the harbor, while scholars inside debated infinity. - The night Christian mobs butchered Hypatia , philosopher, astronomer, and paganism’s last beacon. - Caliph Omar’s chilling verdict on the Library: "If it agrees with the Quran, burn it. If not, definitely burn it." 🗣️ "Let no foreigner call himself Egyptian! The Nile’s gifts belong only to blood-born sons of Pharaoh!" — Anti-Greek rioters (203 BC), burning quarters of Alexandria while Ptolemy V hid. 🟢 Reader’s Verdict: "I smelled salt and papyrus on every page! The depth on Cleopatra’s naval warfare, and exactly how Rome plundered the Museion — left me breathless. Scholarship with the soul of a thriller. ★★★★★" — Professor Marco Bianchi (Mediterranean Studies, University of Bologna) ⚔️ Why Alexandria’s Ghosts Haunt Humanity: It exposes truths buried by 2,300 years of lies : How Jewish rebels fought Romans street-by-street, their blood staining the Great Synagogue’s mosaics. - Why Cleopatra tested poisons on slaves, before embracing the asp. - The Arab general who wept seeing the Library burn, then built a mosque with its stones. - Crusader ships looting Pharos Lighthouse ruins, carrying granite saints to Venice. Taste the ashes of genius: Walk marble colonnades debating with Aristotle , smell incense in Serapeum’s doomed sanctuary , and hear Mamluk hammers smashing Ptolemy’s tomb to build a fort.