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by outside1234 454 days ago
Yes, so assuming this was a historical reference, and that some sort of digital equivalent has not been formed there. :)
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Bibliotheca Alexandria installed a mirror of the Internet Archive in 2007, it's unclear from a brief googling if the relationship was sustained

https://www.bibalex.org/en/News/Details?DocumentID=1550&Keyw...

iirc, Library of Alexandria's collection grew from making copies of books brought into port by sailors.

So, there are definitely some loose historical parallels to draw.