[A2k] FW: IP-Watch: Library Of Alexandria A Symbol Of Egypt’ s Efforts To Lead On Knowledge Access

[Hala Essalmawi]

November 16, 2009. Library Of Alexandria A Symbol Of Egypt’s Efforts To Lead On Knowledge Access

ALEXANDRIA - Dining on fresh fish beneath a golden sunset overlooking the Mediterranean beneath which lie the remains of the ancient Library of Alexandria, the conversation turns to the invention of written language. A light-hearted debate breaks out between an Egyptian and a Syrian over the origins of the first alphabet several thousand years ago, but is left for the time being when the Syrian asserts, “We invented the alphabet, you invented writing.”

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