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Title: The Lighthouse of Alexandria

Subtitle: The History and Legacy of an Ancient Wonder of the World

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Maria Chester

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-22-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Genres: History, Ancient

Publisher's Summary:

"At the harbor of Alexandria stands the tower called Pharos, the first wonder. It is held together by glass and lead and is 600 yards high." (Epiphanius the Monk)

"The Pharos today is composed of four stages. The first, of a rectangular design, is remarkably built in rectangular cut stones, of which the joints are so well concealed that the whole seems to be formed of a single block of stone, remaining insensible to the ravages of time." (Al Bakri, a medieval traveler and writer)

Over 2,000 years ago, two ancient writers named Antipater of Sidon and Philo of Byzantium authored antiquity's most well-known tour guides. After the two Greeks had traveled around the Mediterranean, they wrote of what they considered to be the classical world's greatest construction projects. While there is still some question as to who actually authored the text attributed to Philo and when it was authored, their lists ended up comprising the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, igniting interest in the ones they chose and inspiring subsequent generations to identify their own era's Seven Wonders.

The youngest of the wonders also turned out to be the most practical and one of the longest lived, surviving into the late Middle Ages. It was a lighthouse built on the northern coast of Egypt, in Africa, at the Greek city founded in Alexander's name. It was the Pharos, the Great Lighthouse of Alexandria. Among antiquity's wonders, the Lighthouse of Alexandria was fairly unique in terms of both its purpose and its secular nature. While pyramids and statues served religious purposes in Egypt and Greece, and others were impressive works of art, the origins of the lighthouse were not even as a lighthouse at all.

Members Reviews:

Four Stars

Good resource!

One of the Mysteries, and one of the Seven Great Wonders of the World - a great, quick read.

This 47 page summary regarding The Lighthouse of Alexandria: The History and Legacy of an Ancient Wonder, located on Pharos Island will enlighten even Egyptologists, it is so rich in details.

Now, I must confess that, although I lived some 15 years in Egypt, I had no clue regarding the lighthouse. Yet, I now have a great appreciation for the Ptolemies of Egypt and their impact on this society.

I loved reading this booklet - spent much of yesterday and today, as I'm a bit of a slur reader.

You're sure to learn a Goidfellas deal by reading The Lighthouse of Alexandria.