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11 de jan. de 2023 · Mosaic at Qasr Libya Depicting the Lighthouse (650 AD); David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Strabo, who traveled to Alexandria in the late 1st century BCE, said in his encyclopedic text Geographica (1469) that Sostratus of Cnidus had a tribute to the “Saviour Gods” written in metal lettering on the Pharos of Alexandria.
Transcript. The Lighthouse of Alexandria is the first structure of its type mentioned in history and is therefore one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It was already guiding ships to Alexandria in 270 B.C. In ancient times, the Egyptian metropolis was an important commercial trading hub. Ships from Europe and Arabia docked here.
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Completed ca. 240 BCE. The Lighthouse of Alexandria on the tiny island of Pharos in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, is the archetype of all subsequent lighthouses and was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was one of the last of the original Seven Wonders to be destroyed, after multiple earthquakes reduced most of the original ...
Artist’s conception of Pharos, the Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Lighthouse of Alexandria ( Pharos) was a tower built in the third century B.C.E. (between 285 and 247 B.C.E.) on the island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt to serve as that port's landmark, and later, its lighthouse. Alexandria was a thriving Greco-Roman city situated on Egypt's ...
28 de dez. de 2021 · The Lighthouse of Alexandria towered over the port city founded by Alexander the Great. Guiding sailors for centuries, it stood from the third century B.C. until the Middle Ages.
9 de nov. de 2023 · The Lighthouse of Alexandria, the last standing of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was an engineering marvel that served to guide ships to the port city. It was completed in the 3rd century BC during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, the son of Ptolemy I, the Macedonian Greek general of Alexander the Great, on the island of Pharos off the coast of the city of Alexandria in Egypt.
30 de mar. de 2023 · The Lighthouse of Alexandria stood for over 1,500 years, even withstanding a severe tsunami in 365 AD. However, earthquake tremors likely caused the cracks that appeared in the structure by the end of the 10th century. This required a restoration that lowered the building by around 70 feet.
