History is full of people who out of fear, or ignorance, or lust for power have destroyed knowledge of immeasurable value which truly belongs to us all. We must not let it happen again.
Carl Sagan (referring to the loss of the Library at Alexandria). 1988. Cosmos.
Mosaic Restoration at the New Alexandria Library
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