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The Lighthouse of Alexandria: An Ancient Greek Engineering Marvel
The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was a Greek engineering marvel that guided ships ...
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Lighthouse of Alexandria was a Wonder of the Ancient World. What's its story?
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How Egypt’s Epic Lighthouse Outshone Every Other Ancient Wonder
What survives of Ptolemy’s famed pharos now lies at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. In 1968, a UNESCO expedition identified the ruins of the lighthouse in the ancient port of Alexandria.
How 70% of the Mediterranean Sea was lost 5.5 million years ago
The Mediterranean Sea dropped during the Messinian Salinity Crisis—a major geological event that transformed the ...
The Great Mediterranean Drain: How 70% of Its Water Vanished in a Geological Crisis
Recent studies reveal that the Messinian Salinity Crisis led to the Mediterranean Sea becoming a vast salt basin through a ...