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The Library of Alexandria
亚历山大图书馆
The Library of Alexandria was an ancient library in Egypt.
亚历山大图书馆是埃及的一座古老图书馆。
It was built in the third century B.C. by a former Greek politician named Demetrius of Phalerum.
它由前希腊政治家法勒鲁姆的德米特里厄斯于公元前3世纪建立。
For years, it held up to 500,000 scrolls of writing about law, history, math, science and more.
多年来，它保存着多达50万卷关于法律、历史、数学、科学等的文字资料。
But at some point in history, the library was destroyed, and all of that knowledge was lost.
但在历史的某个时期，图书馆被摧毁了，书里所有的知识都丢失了。
A popular myth is that the library burned down in 48 B.C, when the Roman emperor Julius Caesar attacked the city of Alexandria.
一个广为流传的传说是，公元前48年，罗马皇帝尤利乌斯·凯撒攻打亚历山大城，图书馆因此被烧毁。
In truth, historians still don’t know exactly what happened to the library.
事实上，历史学家仍然不知道图书馆到底发生了什么。
However, many people believe that society would have advanced much faster if the scrolls had never been lost.
然而，许多人认为，如果书卷没有丢失，社会会进步得更快。
