But climb down a rickety ladder a few blocks from Alexandria’s harbor, and the legendary city ... the 440-foot-high lighthouse that guided ships safely into the Great Harbour for nearly two ...

NOVA: How did the lighthouse wind up under water ... Every captain, every traveler entering the harbor of Alexandria was obliged to pass in front of the statue of the kings and queens—the ...

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 ...

The architect and his workers built a magnificent lighthouse on Pharos Island, located near Alexandria’s harbor. It soon became known as the Pharos of Alexandria, one of the most incredible ...

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 ...

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 ...