Pergamum - Premier Ancient site in Turkey
by Jacqueline M Lewis
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Pergamum - Premier Ancient site in Turkey
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Jacqueline M Lewis
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Photograph - Fine Art Photography
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Pergamum, or Bergama, once was one of the richest small kingdoms in Asia Minor, which housed one of the world's largest collections of books. The 200,000-volume library challenged the world's greatest library in Alexandria, Egypt, Egyptians were so afraid that Pergamum would attract scholars away from Alexandria that they cut off the area's supply of papyrus--forcing the invention of pergamen (Latin for parchment), mae from animal hides rather than papyrus reed.
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November 3rd, 2013
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