 All this German library unearthed in Cologne. Of course we take for granted the knowledge we have about the origins of our civilization to be a conclusive solid foundation, but it's not. To understand the history of humans you must first be open to possibilities that we have been told through the ages to be myth, sensationalism and even imaginary. To first question everything we have ever been taught, strip back the reinforced ideas that have been pushed upon our minds and start to think outside of the box. Have you ever thought to yourself that you felt more in touch with the world as a child than as an adult? There is a reason for us having that feeling you know and it is in a form of brainwashing to a certain extent. History has been lost to us time after time, but we keep touching on that lost history as we evolve from the trauma of the cataclysm. We keep retracing our footsteps that are set in solid rock all over the world. Why? Because it is our destiny we as humans know within ourselves that there is a bigger picture that others were once on this earth tens of thousands of years ago. We are not alone. That very statement was enough for a spark and quantum thinking that has jump-started our mind to search for the answers of the questions we thought we knew the answer to. Anyway guys, libraries have been burned and destroyed through the ages with countless texts of the Great Pass we were once part of. One such library is found in Cologne in Germany and it is the oldest library in this region ever rediscovered. Wait till you hear this. The remains of the oldest public library in Germany, a building erected almost two millennia ago that housed up to 20,000 scrolls detailing our ancient past has been discovered in the middle of Cologne. The discovery could potentially add to our knowledge of libraries in antiquity and also on the development of culture in Rome's German province. The walls were first uncovered in 2017 during an excavation on the grounds of a Protestant church in the center of the city. Archaeologists knew they were of Roman origins with Cologne being one of Germany's oldest cities founded by the Romans in 50 AD under the name Cologneia when Germany was known as Germania. But the discovery of niches in the walls measuring approximately 80 cm by 50 cm was initially mystifying. It took us time to match up the parallels. We could see the niches were too small to bear statues inside but what they were are cupboards for the scrolls. They are very particular to libraries. You can see the same ones in the library at Ephesus in Turkey. It is not clear how many scrolls the library would have held but it would have been a vast number possibly exceeding 20,000 pieces of ancient textural scrolls dating back to the time of the ancient Egyptians and possibly beyond. The building would have been slightly smaller than the famed library at Ephesus which was built in 117 AD. The discovery is being held as really incredible and a spectacular find. It dates from the early 2nd century and it is at a minimum the earliest library in Germany and perhaps the northwest Roman province. Perhaps there are a lot of Roman towns that have libraries but they haven't been excavated yet. If we had just found the foundations we wouldn't have known it was a library. It was because it had walls with the niches that we could tell. The building would have been used as a public library. It is in the middle of Cologne in the marketplace, the public space in the city center. It is built of very strong materials and such buildings were public because Romans had great respect for knowledge and culture. This was partly because of the influence of the Greek world. Under the influence of the Greeks the Romans began to build libraries in the 1st century BC. It became common for Roman emperors for example Augustus to endow urban centers with public libraries. This was seen as benefiting the public and also expressing the power of the emperor. Anyway guys that's it for now just a short piece of lost history for the moment. You can let us know below what you make of this recent discovery. Thank you as always for watching.