EL INCENDIO DE LA BIBLIOTECA DE ALEJANDRÍA POR LOS ÁRABES: UNA HISTORIA FALSIFICADA

Abstract

The Arabs never could have burned the Library of Alexandria in 642 A.D. for the simple reason that it was 250 years that no longer existed. It had been destroyed in 391 by the same fanatics who 25 years later murdered Hypatia, the most clear-thinking woman of Classical times. This research is based on sources which specifies the origin and the reason of the forgery. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]