When the Library of Alexandria disappeared, the knowledge inscribed on its scrolls was lost forever.
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Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2026
The most notable finds were a group of gold coins dated to the reign of Roman emperor Constantius II, who ruled between 337 and 361, and a collection of about 200 ostraca—pottery fragments used as writing surfaces—inscribed in Coptic and Greek.
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Anne Doran for ARTnews,
Robb Report,
7 July 2026
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