Its Lighthouse, or Pharos, was one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World, towering an estimated 350 feet above Alexandria's busy harbor, but it no longer stands. Nor does its Great Library ...

“We supposed old Alexandria was destroyed ... the 440-foot-high lighthouse that guided ships safely into the Great Harbour for nearly two millennia. And researchers in wet suits probing ...

State of the art, one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World, the great lighthouse of Alexandria, built around 280 B.C., towered some 450 feet above Egypt's greatest harbor. At that height ...

Two Thousand years after Alexander the Great created his magnum opus ... Centuries later, when the water receded, the remnants of the lighthouse were discovered and so what is left of ancient ...

The Great Library of Alexandria was one of the largest and ... Built on the site of the Lighthouse, using much of its stone in construction, this medieval fort was built to defend against the ...

NOVA: How did the lighthouse wind up under water? Empereur: From the fourth century until the 14th century there were earthquakes in Alexandria. In the Arab sources alone you have more than 20 ...