How Egypt’s Epic Lighthouse Outshone Every Other Ancient Wonder The structure represented Ptolemy I's loft vision for the capital of Alexandria. The Lighthouse of Alexandria (ca. 18th century).

The "intriguing new" rock engraving was found on the west bank of the Nile River near Aswan in November 2022, during a survey ...

Generations of creatives have looked back to ancient Egypt in their search for art and design inspiration—here are three ...

Marine archaeologists in the port city of Alexandria, Egypt, have recovered 22 massive stone boulders used to build the city’s ancient lighthouse in 280 A.D.

Lighthouse, Alexandria, 300 BCE . by Dawn Turek '00 and Christine Wraga '00. Pharos, the ancient lighthouse of the port city of Alexandria, was one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Built on ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a "remarkable" collection of artifacts at the ruins of an ancient Egyptian temple. An Egyptian-Dominican research mission made the finds in the ancient city of ...