Knowledge production and libraries in Ancient Egypt: Evidence, remarks, and suggestions

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Dept. of Libraries and Information - Faculty of Arts, Helwan University

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Libraries varied in ancient Egypt, with their names, forms, goals, uses, and locations, and were dispersed in all ancient Egyptian capitals. Of course, the most important libraries are the ancient library of Alexandria, which was established in the fourth century BC. However, there are libraries in homes, temples, palaces, some families, and individual libraries. The interest in this study is It focuses on temple libraries and the libraries of the House of Life, and the most important forms of indexing and classification of books, considering the volume of knowledge at that time comparing with the current volume of knowledge, and the purposes for which libraries were established. The study uses the descriptive, historical, and documentary approach, and it extensively describes the names of libraries and the most important ones available, with a presentation. The most important papyri that dealt with the subject of writing and libraries and how the ancient Egyptian dealt with the process of producing knowledge in his time.

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