NOVA: How did the lighthouse wind up under water? Empereur: From the fourth century until the 14th century there were earthquakes in Alexandria. In the Arab sources alone you have more than 20 ...

The city is best known for the Lighthouse of Alexandria (Pharos), once one of the tallest man-made structures in the world and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. However, it was severely ...

The researchers warn that the city - once home to two wonders of the ancient world, the Great Library of Alexandria and the ...

Unfortunately, ancient Alexandria's most important sites have not survived. Its Lighthouse ... it was severely damaged by earthquakes, tsunamis, and gradual shore erosion. It had fallen into ...

A series of earthquakes between AD 956 and 1333 left it in ruins, and in 1477, the Citadel of Qaitbay was built on its remains. In 1994, archaeologists discovered what are believed to be fragments of ...

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 ...