You know you’re a true history buff when you’re still mourning the loss of the Library of Alexandria. And who could blame you: this behemoth of a library is thought to have housed between 200,000 and 700,000 books, making it one of the largest libraries of the ancient world.

Sadly, it was tragically destroyed – not once, but twice, since the library was divided into two branches. The first was located at the royal palace in Alexandria, meeting its end when Julius Caesar set fire to the ships in the harbour and the fire spread to the library.

The second branch was in the temple of Serapis – but when Roman Emperor Theodosius ordered all pagan temples to be destroyed, the world lost the last remnants of Alexandria’s great library.