Seems lots of ancient medicines and herbal plants with special effects were lost like Silphium[1] and Nepenthe[2]. Who knows what other amazing things perished

Seems lots of ancient medicines and herbal plants with special effects were lost like Silphium[1] and Nepenthe[2]. Who knows what other amazing things perished with the Library of Alexandria[3], House of Wisdom in Baghdad[4], Library of Pergamum[5], and Imperial Library of Constantinople[6]? [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphium [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthe [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wisdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wisdom [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Pergamum http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Pergamum [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Library_of_Constantinople http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Library_of_Constantino...