古埃及亚历山大博物馆

Ancient Egypt and Alexandrian Museums

古埃及亚历山大博物馆是埃及亚历山大市的古典知识中心,始建于公元前280年左右,由托勒密二世菲拉德尔费斯和其父托勒密一世索塔尔修造,由多个学院组成,每个学院有一名首席教士负责,聘任学者的工资初由埃及国王继由罗马皇帝支付。270年,博物馆建筑被毁,然而其教育和研究机构的作用一直持续到5世纪。

ALEXANDRIAN MUSEUM is ancient center of classical learning at Alexandria in Egypt. A research institute that was especially noted for its scientific and literary scholarship, the Museum was built either by Ptolemy II Philadelphus (reigned 285 244BC) in about 280BC or his father Ptolemy I Soter (reigned 323 285/283BC). It was organized in faculties with a president-priest at the head; the salaries of the scholars on the staff were paid by the Egyptian kings and later by the Roman emperor. The renowned library of Alexandria formed a part of the Museum. In AD270 the building of the museum were destroyed, although the educational and research functions of the institution seem to have continued until the 5th century.