Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria | Calm History for Sleep | 5 Hours

Explore the Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria in this calm ancient history episode for sleep and relaxation. Discover the scholars, learning and architecture of the ancient city. This episode covers Callimachus's Pinakes catalog, Eratosthenes's shadow measurements between Syene and Alexandria, Euclid, Archimedes, Herophilus, Ctesibius's hydraulics, and Sostratus of Cnidus's Pharos Lighthouse. Across twelve full-length chapters covering Africa, we explore what happened, why it happened, what.