Libraries
The first sentence of this book is a marvel: "This book is the first full-scale study of libraries in the ancient world."
Think about that. People have been talking about libraries since there were libraries. People have been talking about Ancient Libraries since the Renaissance -- and the ancients talked about them, too. Nobody's written a book, collecting what we know, Until now.
I miss working in a field where, if someone makes a claim like this, you can take it to the bank.
Here, neatly laid out for us, is everything we know about libraries West of the Ganges and East of the Ocean (...more in Books)