{"id":83754,"date":"2023-11-12T02:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T07:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=83754"},"modified":"2025-09-16T20:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T00:30:48","slug":"who-destroyed-the-library-of-alexandria-the-rest-is-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/11\/12\/who-destroyed-the-library-of-alexandria-the-rest-is-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Destroyed The Library of Alexandria? | The Rest is History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Sd3uW4HHo4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Rest is History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 21 Jul 2023<\/p>\n<p>Step back in time with renowned historians Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland as they embark on an enthralling journey to explore the enigmatic tale of the Library of Alexandria&#8217;s destruction. Join them as they uncover the who, what, and why behind one of history&#8217;s greatest losses.  <\/p>\n<p>#LibraryOfAlexandria #DominicSandbrook #TomHolland<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rest is History Published 21 Jul 2023 Step back in time with renowned historians Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland as they embark on an enthralling journey to explore the enigmatic tale of the Library of Alexandria&#8217;s destruction. Join them as they uncover the who, what, and why behind one of history&#8217;s greatest losses. #LibraryOfAlexandria [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[362,1526,7,16,15],"tags":[1327,1527,347,588,1111,1203,1294,1604],"class_list":["post-83754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-greece","category-history","category-science","category-technology","tag-alexanderthegreat","tag-ancientgreece","tag-debunking","tag-egypt","tag-juliuscaesar","tag-macedonia","tag-thegreatlibrary","tag-therestishistory"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-lMS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83755,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83754\/revisions\/83755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}