This place, which was built nearby an observatory, garden and zoo in the brucheion, contained many theke along its covered walkways.
This place, which was built nearby an observatory, garden and zoo in the brucheion, contained many theke along its covered walkways. At one point adjoined to the Serapeum, this place was managed by an epistates. A leader of this institution provided an accurate measure of the Earth's circumference and is credited with being the first geographer. Eratosthenes and Apollonius Rhodius were heads of this place, where Callimachus worked. Galen recounts a story in which (*) Ptolemy III, the grandson of the ruler who founded this institution, ordered every scroll on ships to be confiscated so that they could be copied and put into this bibliotheka. For 10 points, name this ancient repository for scrolls and manuscripts which was located in a city in Egypt.
This place, which was built nearby an observatory, garden and zoo in the brucheion, contained many theke along its covered walkways.
Royal Library of Alexandria [or Musaeum of Alexandria; prompt on the library]