Alexandria is rebuilding the "Pharos" lighthouse.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, here and there called the Pharos. A tower constructed by the Ptolemaic Kingdom somewhere around 280 and 247 BC which was somewhere around 393 and 450 ft (120 and 137 m) tall. It was one of the tallest man-made structures on the planet for a long time, and was viewed as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Severely harmed by three seismic earthquakes between AD 956 and 1323, it then turned into a relinquished ruin. It was the third longest surviving ancient wonder (after the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the surviving Great Pyramid of Giza) until in 1480 the remainder of its leftover stones were utilized to construct the Cit

Presently, Egypt wants to reconstruct one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities is currently supporting arrangements to reconstruct it.

After an inside and out investigate of what recreating the giant tower would look like, were arrangements submitted, Dr Mostafa Amin from the Council told Egyptian daily paper. Alexandria's governor is currently going to evaluate the arrangements and choose whether to issue them a final authorization.

Known as the Pharos Lighthouse, the Lighthouse of Alexandria was one of the world's tallest structures for a long time.

*An artist’s impression of the lighthouse from 1754

French archeologists drove by Jean-Yves Empereur found remains of the tower in late 1994 on the floor of Alexandria's Eastern Harbor. Some of these remaining parts were raised and were lying at the harbor on general visibility toward the end of 1995. A Nova (TV arrangement) project chronicled the discovery. Subsequent satellite imaging has uncovered further remains. It is conceivable to set out for some plunging and see the vestiges. The secretariat of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage are presently meeting expectations with the Government of Egypt on an activity to include the straight of Alexandria (to incorporate stays of the lighthouse) on a World Heritage List of submerged social sites. Very little is thought about the subtle elements of the proposed revamp and, as per The Telegraph, Egypt's relic’s service has a poor record of protection and reclamation.


Julius Caesar, in his Civil Wars (Part III, Sections 111–112, esp. Area 112), portrays the Pharos and how it was a key point of interest to his stifling Ptolemy XIV's armed forces (48 BC), portraying its key significance in his sentences "Now because of the narrowness of the strait there can be no access by ship to the harbour without the consent of those who hold the Pharos. In view of this, Caesar took the precaution of landing his troops while the enemy was preoccupied with fighting, seized the Pharos and posted a garrison there. The result was that safe access was secured for his corn supplies and reinforcements."


The lighthouse remains a civic image of the city of Alexandria and of the Alexandria Governorate with which the city is pretty much coterminous. A stylized representation of the lighthouse shows up on the banner and seal of the Governorate and on numerous open administrations of the city, including the seal of Alexandria University. The Lighthouse was one of the longest surviving Ancient World Wonders nearby the Mausoleum and Halicarnassus and the Great Pyramid of Giza.