Pharaoh cleopatra housing blocks6/1/2023 Ramses II, third king of the 19th dynasty (1292–1190 bce) of ancient Egypt whose reign (1279–13 bce) was the second longest in Egyptian history. It was a technological triumph and is the archetype of all lighthouses since. Lighthouse of Alexandria, also called Pharos of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the World and the most famous lighthouse in antiquity. However, the story of Pharos Lighthouse does not end here. Supposedly, it uses some of the stone blocks form the Lighthouse in its walls. These ruins remained for just over a century, until the Mamluk sultan Qait Bey finally had them cleared away in order to construct his fort which still stands there today. Does the Pharos of Alexandria still exist? In 332 BC Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria on an isthmus opposite Pharos. Pharos was a small island located on the western edge of the Nile Delta.
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