Standing tall on the island of Pharos in ancient Egypt, the Lighthouse of Alexandria once soared over 350 feet, guiding sailors and symbolizing the might of Alexandria. Built in the 3rd century ...

Pharos, the ancient lighthouse of the port city of Alexandria, was one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Built on an island in the harbor of Alexandria, the Greeks created a causeway the lead ...

Embark on an unforgettable journey through Egypt’s two ... former site of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, also known as the Pharos, named after ...

Built in Ancient Egypt around 280 BC, this huge tower was not only bright, but it was also over 330 feet tall! For many centuries it was the tallest man-made structure in the world. Slight problem ...

Sat on the western edge of the Nile River delta, Egypt ... Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos), once one of the tallest man-made structures in the world and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient ...

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 ...

«There is an economic crisis in Egypt ... ancient world. For centuries Alexandria was the center of the Eastern Mediterranean. The library of the city was an encyclopedia built of stone, the ...

The Seven Wonders of the World are often seen as the pinnacle of human architecture and the perfect form of engineering, that ...

Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation, photo: Christoph Gerigk One of the Seven Wonders of the World, Alexandria's 40-story lighthouse, the Pharos ... to subdue Egypt, in 1798, only a few ancient ...

but by an ancient library in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, circa 283 BC? Named after Alexander the Great, the city of Alexandria was once home to the world’s greatest archive of knowledge.

Travel back in time thousands of year to the banks of the Nile, where you can learn all about the amazing people and places of Ancient Egypt. What remains of Ancient Egypt? How do we know so much ...