Mother Nature. It collapsed from seismic damage of a series of earthquake shocks. evidentally no one thought of equipping the advanced Island with some form of seismograph, unknown at the time. ( though there was a primitive seismograph in Pisco Trident device in South America, alluded to by Von Daniken.). Still the stone structure lasted over l500 years. the oldest modern skyscraper- the Eiffel Tower- is a mere 120 years this, year having been made complete in l889.
Earthquakes
It is no longer in existence, destroyed by earthquakes but was situated on the island of Pharos
The Lighthous of Alexandria, sometime called the Pharos lighthouse, which was built in the third Century BC on Pharos Island and was destroyed by an earthquake in the 1300's. Its lighting technique remains a mysterry.
Pharos Lighthouse - Fleetwood - was created in 1840.
Pharos was not Arabic ("Egyptian") for "lighthouse." Pharos was the island the world's first lighthouse, the Pharos of Alexandria, was built on. It was called that because of the island. However, derivatives of the word "Pharos" mean "lighthouse" in at least six languages, including Portugese, Spanish, French, Romanian, Italian, and Albanian. "Pharos" still does not mean "lighthouse" in Arabic.
The lighthouse at Alexandria was also known as Pharos.
The Pharos of Alexandria, also commonly referred to as the Lighthouse of Alexandria, is located on the island Pharos in Egypt, Africa. It was built around 280-247 B.C. to guide sailors into the port of Alexandria.
On Pharos Island
The island of Pharos
this light house was made in 280b.c.
The Egyptians built the Pharos, or Lighthouse of Alexandria, which was believed to be the first lighthouse, and to include a massive library.
The idea of the lighthouse was come up with by Ptolemy II, and he ordered the construction of the Pharos. One source says the actual architect and designer of the lighthouse was a man called Sostratus of Knidos.
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