Ptolemy II
Filadelfo was the founder of the building erected near the Royal Palace , known from the beginning as 'The Museum' , a name driven from the Muses (the Greek goddesses of the arts and sciences) .
Considered the oldest scientific establishment in the world , the Museum comprises different sections dedicated to knowledge . A big section was the Library , which became the most famous in the Old World .
Within its compound , it also comprises a botanical garden , a zoological collection , an astronomical observatory and a number of rooms for scholars all hosted by the kings who were proud of their institution . In the Ptolemaic Period ,
Alexandria
had 14 , 000 students of rhetoric and grammar , geography , philosophy , astronomy , anatomy , mathematics and of other sciences .
A number of great people had both learnt and taught in the Museum , among whom are Archimedes , Euclidean , Hiparco , Aristarchus , Eratosthenes , Herophilus of Chalcedon , Apollonius of Pergamum , and Heron of Alexandria .
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