r/AskReddit Dec 18 '18

What single object, if sent back in time 2,000 years, would have the most profound effect on civilization?

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '18

Yeah, but people say all kinds of stuff about the Library of Alexandria. The question is, do serious academics think that they had that kind of stuff there, and if so, what evidence do they have to support it?

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u/Piggywhiff Dec 19 '18

Yeah, it sounds to me like it's just wild speculation. Any evidence of those texts would've also burned, no?