The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world.
Important Note
This page is NOT a spiritual accounting. Any use of the name “Egypt”, here, refers to the historical, modern, secular accounting of ancient and modern egypt.
This page is a good, quick background and study into the HIStory of Ancient Egypt (Egyptology). Which should help you get caught up to date on the mundane, secular origins.