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Lighthouse of Alexandria

As Sayalah Sharq Lighthouse, Qesm Al Gomrok, Alexandria Governorate, in Egypt ~.~

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Lighthouse of Alexandria. It was a tower built between 280 and 247 BC on the island of Pharos at Alexandria, Egypt. Its purpose was to guide sailors into the port of Alexandria.

The Pharos lighthouse Alexandria Egypt. One of the ancient seven wonders, the light could be seen 30 miles out to sea. In use until the 1300's, when an earthquake finally toppled it.

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The Lighthouse (Pharos) of Alexandria was badly damaged in the earthquake of 956, and then again in 1303 and 1323. The two earthquakes in 1303 and 1323 damaged the lighthouse to the extent that the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta reported no longer being able to enter the ruin, when he visited it in 1349 AD. Finally the stubby remnant disappeared in 1480, when the then-Sultan of Egypt, Qaitbay, built a medieval fort on the larger platform of the lighthouse site using some of the fallen stone.

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The Lighthouse of Alexandria

When Alexander the Great died, one of his generals and best friends, Ptolemy, took Alexander’s corpse and went to Egypt to establish a new pharaonic dynasty. One of the things he did during his reign was to begin construction on what would become one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It stood for over a thousand years and was unlike the world had ever seen. Learn more about the Lighthouse of Alexandria and what eventually happened to it.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, on the island of Pharos, is the earliest known. It was built in the third century BCE to assist sailors. Lighthouses were also used in the Middle East, with several historical accounts suggesting that the Muslim world in particular had an extensive system. In Europe, many lighthouses and watch towers were built, especially by the Romans, and when the Americas were settled, these structures soon followed.

More than 2,000 years after Alexander the Great founded Alexandria, archaeologists are discovering its fabled remains

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