Researchers are hoping to build a “digital twin” of the amazing structure. Nearly two dozen large stone blocks used thousands of years ago to build the famous lighthouse in the Egyptian port city of ...

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, once stood tall in Alexandria, Egypt, on the island of Pharos in the city's harbor. At the time of its construction, it stretched ...

One of the seven wonders of the ancient world will soon be unveiled in more detail for its enthusiasts. The monument in question is the Lighthouse of Alexandria, whose remains have been submerged for ...

Blocks recovered from the sea of the Alexandria Lighthouse. Credit: GEDEON Programmes / CEAlex Three decades after the waters of Alexandria’s bay revealed the first submerged vestiges of the seventh ...

Thirty years after its discovery, pieces of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which stood watch long ago in the harbors of ancient Egypt, are being pulled from the depths of the Mediterranean.

Thirty years after archaeologist Jean-Yves Empereur of the Centre d'Études Alexandrines (CEAlex) discovered the underwater remains of the Alexandria Lighthouse—one of the Seven Wonders of the World—in ...

The Lighthouse of Alexandria was a testament to human ingenuity and architectural brilliance. Built in the third century BC on the small island of Pharos, it was the first lighthouse in recorded ...

The Lighthouse of Alexandria is a 134m-tall giant lighthouse built on Pharos Island at the entrance to the port of Alexandria, Egypt, around the 3rd century BC, and is counted among the Seven Wonders ...

If modern Alexandrian history is any indicator, rebuilding the lighthouse will become a symbol not of communal spirit but of excess, and a visible target of rage. It's no easy feat to restore the ...

Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities is assessing plans that have been submitted for the reconstruction of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Alexandria’s ...