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Lighthouse, Alexandria, 300 BCE
by Dawn Turek '00 and Christine Wraga '00
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 to the island and separated the port into two. Ptolemy commenced this magnificent building around 297 BCE, to protect ships from the precarious nature of the harbor. Greco-Roman architecture was used in designing the l ...
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