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One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria is believed to have been constructed around 285 BC. A tower of over 100 metres tall, it stood on the tip of Pharos Island in the harbor of Alexandria in Egypt.

Resources in This Category

• Pharos Lighthouse

  http://structurae.net/structures/lighthouse-of-alexandria
  Provides technical data and chronology.

• The Great Pharos Lighthouse

  http://www.unmuseum.org/pharos.htm
  Account of the findings of an expedition to discover the lighthouse, along with its history and conjectures on its interior design, by Lee Krystek in his Museum of Unnatural Mystery.

• The Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria

  http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9705/seven.wonders/lighthouse.html
  Image and description from CNN.

• The Pharos of Alexandria

  http://www.greece.org/alexandria/pharos/
  Illustrated history by Colin Clement of the ancient Egyptian lighthouse built c.290 BC and destroyed in the 14th century. Part of the Hellenic Alexandria site.

• Underwater Archaeological Investigation of the Pharos

  http://www.unesco.org/csi/pub/source/alex6.htm
  A Franco-Egyptian team inspected the submerged ruins of the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria in 1994-1998. An illustrated, scholarly report hosted by UNESCO.

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