For over 1,600 years, it stood tall against storms, waves, and time itself. Then, in a series of violent earthquakes, it fell. The Lighthouse of Alexandria—the gleaming wonder of the ancient world—was ...

Workers at the Egyptian port city of Alexandria have recovered 22 massive stone blocks that were used thousands of years ago to build the city's famous lighthouse, one of the wonders of the ancient ...

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 ...

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 ...

Of the seven wonders of the ancient world, only the Great Pyramid at Giza has survived the destructive hands of time, nature, and war. The Lighthouse of Alexandria, however, is set to enjoy a second ...

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.

When the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt was completed in the 3rd century B.C.E., most wouldn’t have been able to glimpse the peak of the gargantuan tower, but all could see its light. The structure ...