The Library of Alexandria was a treasure chest of human thought, but most of its contents vanished in flames, war and neglect. We have a handful of fragments – papyrus scrolls, codices, and some references from later scholars – but the bulk is gone. With today’s computational tools we could, in theory, take those surviving pieces, digitise them, use pattern‑recognition algorithms to restore damaged sections, and even cross‑reference them with other ancient texts to infer what might have been missing. It’s a tantalising project, but we’re still chasing ghosts. Every recovered fragment feels like a clue in a vast, unfinished puzzle. The real challenge is not the technology – it’s finding the data in the first place.