The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Ancients
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The Ptolemaic Faros Lighthouse
Sistrassals was thinking for his lifetime, wasn't he there? I think he wanted to be finished. Absolutely. So it appears that it basically tapered upwards. There was some kind of pinth, and then there's evidence that there was a monumental statue of Zeus on it. Now, whether they had halves up there for signaling fires is unclear, but I think it's very likely that the ramp was put in so that they could take material up to that platform to burn as a light source. But I don't think it was ever done. I think it was just done for ceremonial occasions. One thing one should remember at that time was that they didn't sail at
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