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	Some time between library's founding and the 1st century BCE, the ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the library and placed a copy of [[Herodotos]]' manuscript ''{{Wiki\|Histories (Herodotus)\|Histories}}'' within one of the shelves, in hopes that his stories and travels would be preserved and remembered by the later generations.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]'' – [[A New Horizon]]</ref>		Some time between library's founding and the 1st century BCE, the ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the library and placed a copy of [[Herodotos]]' manuscript ''{{Wiki\|Histories (Herodotus)\|Histories}}'' within one of the shelves, in hopes that his stories and travels would be preserved and remembered by the later generations.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]'' – [[A New Horizon]]</ref>

	In 48 BCE, [[Bayek]], having followed the clues in [[Aya's Home\|Aya's home]] travelled to the library in search of his wife. There he was greeted by [[Amunet\|Aya]]'s cousin [[Phanos the Younger]], who explained the reason for Aya's absence. Phanos ~~later~~ directed the [[Medjay]] to the entrance to Aya's [[The Den\|hideout]] beneath the library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Aya (memory)\|Aya]]</ref> Later, Bayek also found and solved a [[Papyrus Puzzle]] stored in the library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – Papyrus Puzzle: "Divided Valley"</ref>		In 48 BCE, [[Bayek]], having followed the clues in [[Aya's Home\|Aya's home]], travelled to the library in search of his wife. There he was greeted by [[Amunet\|Aya]]'s cousin [[Phanos the Younger\|Phanos]], who explained the reason for Aya's absence. Phanos then directed the [[Medjay]] to the entrance to Aya's [[The Den\|hideout]] beneath the library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Aya (memory)\|Aya]]</ref> Later, Bayek also found and solved a [[Papyrus Puzzle]] stored in the library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – Papyrus Puzzle: "Divided Valley"</ref>

	In 1511, during an excavation of the destroyed Library of Alexandria, the [[~~Mamluks\|~~Mamluk Sultanate]]'s [[soldier]]s discovered two [[Memory Seals]] in a [[Treasure chest\|chest]] from 331 BCE. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze\|Ezio Auditore]] sent ~~some~~ [[Assassins]] from [[Constantinople]] to Alexandria to retrieve the Seals.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]: "Alexandria: The Memory Seals, Part I"</ref>		In 1511, during an excavation of the destroyed Library of Alexandria, the [[Mamluk Sultanate]]'s [[soldier]]s discovered two [[Memory Seals]] in a [[Treasure chest\|chest]] from 331 BCE. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze\|Ezio Auditore]] sent a team of [[Assassins]] from [[Constantinople]] to Alexandria to retrieve the Seals.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]: "Alexandria: The Memory Seals, Part I"</ref>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	[[File:DTAE_Library_of_Celsus_in_Ephesus.png\|thumb\|Library of Celsus (Ephesus) / Roman Period]]		[[File:DTAE_Library_of_Celsus_in_Ephesus.png\|thumb\|250px\|Library of Celsus (Ephesus) / Roman Period]]
	Historically, the library was partially destroyed during the [[siege of Alexandria]].<ref>{{WP\|Library of Alexandria}}</ref> However, in the events of the 2017 game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', the library remained in one piece with no signs of damage whatsoever after the siege. This was explained by developers to be because research suggested that the building destroyed during the siege was merely a storage for the library, not the library itself. With no surviving contemporary records to base their digital models on, the developers instead took inspiration from the {{wiki\|Library of Celsus}} in {{Wiki\|Ephesus}} build the facade for the Great Library.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt]]'' – [[Tours: The Great Library of Alexandria]]: "Recreating the Great Library"</ref>		Historically, the library was partially destroyed during the [[siege of Alexandria]].<ref>{{WP\|Library of Alexandria}}</ref> However, in the events of the 2017 game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'', the library remained in one piece with no signs of damage whatsoever after the siege. This was explained by developers to be because research suggested that the building destroyed during the siege was merely a storage for the library, not the library itself. With no surviving contemporary records to base their digital models on, the developers instead took inspiration from the {{wiki\|Library of Celsus}} in {{Wiki\|Ephesus}} build the facade for the Great Library.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt]]'' – [[Tours: The Great Library of Alexandria]]: "Recreating the Great Library"</ref>

			The in-game model of the library features three inscriptions on its facade. While a few errors can be noticed, the top inscription is meant to read "TEΧΝΗ, ΕΠΙΣTHΜΗ, ΦΡΟΝΗΣΙZ, ΣΟΦΙΑ, ΝΟMZ". These are the five intelletcual virtues explained in the ''{{Wiki\|Nicomachean Ethics}}'' by [[Aristotle]]: ''techne'' (craft, skill), ''epistomo'' (scientific knowledge), ''phronesis'' (practical wisdom), ''sofia'' (wisdom), and ''nous'' (intuition, understanding). Two cartouches are the royal and birth names of Pharaoh [[Thutmose III]], with the upper cartouche being ''Men kheper ra'' and the lower cartouche ''Djehutimes nefer kheper''. The middle inscription is "ΜΟΥΣΕION ΣΑΡAΠΙΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑIΟZ ΣΩΤHP", which translated reads "Mouseion of Serapis, Ptolemy Soter (Savior)". The lower inscription is also "Mouseion of Serapis".

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	Some time between library's founding and the 1st century BCE, the ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the library and placed a copy of [[Herodotos]]' manuscript ''{{Wiki\|Histories (Herodotus)\|Histories}}'' within one of the shelves, in hopes that his stories and travels would be preserved and remembered by the later generations.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]'' – [[A New Horizon]]</ref>		Some time between library's founding and the 1st century BCE, the ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the library and placed a copy of [[Herodotos]]' manuscript ''{{Wiki\|Histories (Herodotus)\|Histories}}'' within one of the shelves, in hopes that his stories and travels would be preserved and remembered by the later generations.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]'' – [[A New Horizon]]</ref>

	In 48 BCE, [[Bayek]], having followed the clues in [[~~Amunet\|~~Aya]]'s [[Aya's ~~Home\|~~home]] travelled to the library in search of his wife. There he was greeted by Aya's cousin, [[Phanos the Younger]], who explained the reason for Aya's absence. Phanos later directed the [[Medjay]] to the entrance to Aya's [[The Den\|hideout]] beneath the library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Aya (memory)\|Aya]]</ref> Later, Bayek also found and solved a [[Papyrus Puzzle]] stored in the library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Divided Valley]]</ref>		In 48 BCE, [[Bayek]], having followed the clues in [[Aya's Home\|Aya's home]] travelled to the library in search of his wife. There he was greeted by [[Amunet\|Aya]]'s cousin [[Phanos the Younger]], who explained the reason for Aya's absence. Phanos later directed the [[Medjay]] to the entrance to Aya's [[The Den\|hideout]] beneath the library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Aya (memory)\|Aya]]</ref> Later, Bayek also found and solved a [[Papyrus Puzzle]] stored in the library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – Papyrus Puzzle: "Divided Valley"</ref>

	In 1511, during an excavation of the destroyed Library of Alexandria, the [[Mamluks\|Mamluk Sultanate]]'s [[soldier]]s discovered two [[Memory Seals]] in a [[Treasure chest\|chest]] from 331 BCE. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze\|Ezio Auditore]] sent some [[Assassins]] from [[Constantinople]] to Alexandria to retrieve the Seals.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]: "Alexandria: The Memory Seals, Part I"</ref>		In 1511, during an excavation of the destroyed Library of Alexandria, the [[Mamluks\|Mamluk Sultanate]]'s [[soldier]]s discovered two [[Memory Seals]] in a [[Treasure chest\|chest]] from 331 BCE. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze\|Ezio Auditore]] sent some [[Assassins]] from [[Constantinople]] to Alexandria to retrieve the Seals.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]: "Alexandria: The Memory Seals, Part I"</ref>

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]''
	*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{Mdat}}

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	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]''
	*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
			*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' {{Mo}}

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	DTAE Alexandria Center (with library).png\|Reconstruction of the library drawn by ~~{{Wiki\|~~Jean-Claude Golvin}}		DTAE Alexandria Center (with library).png\|Reconstruction of the library drawn by [[Jean-Claude Golvin]]
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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{Mo}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{1stm}}
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{1st}}		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{1st}}
	*''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt]]''		*''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt]]''
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]''
			*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}

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	Some time between library's founding and the 1st century BCE, the ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the library and placed a copy of [[Herodotos]]' manuscript ''{{Wiki\|Histories (Herodotus)\|Histories}}'' within one of the shelves, in hopes that his stories and travels would be preserved and remembered by the later generations.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]'' – [[A New Horizon]]</ref>		Some time between library's founding and the 1st century BCE, the ''[[Mercenary\|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the library and placed a copy of [[Herodotos]]' manuscript ''{{Wiki\|Histories (Herodotus)\|Histories}}'' within one of the shelves, in hopes that his stories and travels would be preserved and remembered by the later generations.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]'' – [[A New Horizon]]</ref>

	In 48 BCE, [[Bayek]], having followed the clues in [[~~Amunet\|~~Aya]]'s [[Aya's ~~Home\|~~home]] travelled to the library in search of his wife. There he was greeted by Aya's cousin, [[Phanos the Younger]], who explained the reason for Aya's absence. Phanos later directed the [[Medjay]] to the entrance to Aya's [[The Den\|hideout]] beneath the library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Aya (memory)\|Aya]]</ref> Later, Bayek also found and solved a [[Papyrus Puzzle]] stored in the library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Divided Valley]]</ref>		In 48 BCE, [[Bayek]], having followed the clues in [[Aya's Home\|Aya's home]] travelled to the library in search of his wife. There he was greeted by [[Amunet\|Aya]]'s cousin [[Phanos the Younger]], who explained the reason for Aya's absence. Phanos later directed the [[Medjay]] to the entrance to Aya's [[The Den\|hideout]] beneath the library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Aya (memory)\|Aya]]</ref> Later, Bayek also found and solved a [[Papyrus Puzzle]] stored in the library.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – Papyrus Puzzle: "Divided Valley"</ref>

	In 1511, during an excavation of the destroyed Library of Alexandria, the [[Mamluks\|Mamluk Sultanate]]'s [[soldier]]s discovered two [[Memory Seals]] in a [[Treasure chest\|chest]] from 331 BCE. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze\|Ezio Auditore]] sent some [[Assassins]] from [[Constantinople]] to Alexandria to retrieve the Seals.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]: "Alexandria: The Memory Seals, Part I"</ref>		In 1511, during an excavation of the destroyed Library of Alexandria, the [[Mamluks\|Mamluk Sultanate]]'s [[soldier]]s discovered two [[Memory Seals]] in a [[Treasure chest\|chest]] from 331 BCE. [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze\|Ezio Auditore]] sent some [[Assassins]] from [[Constantinople]] to Alexandria to retrieve the Seals.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' – [[Mediterranean Defense]]: "Alexandria: The Memory Seals, Part I"</ref>

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	DTAE Alexandria Center (with library).png\|Reconstruction of the library drawn by ~~{{Wiki\|~~Jean-Claude Golvin}}		DTAE Alexandria Center (with library).png\|Reconstruction of the library drawn by [[Jean-Claude Golvin]]
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