🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria
Hellenistic Ptolemaic 297–280 BCE · Greek (Ptolemaic Alexandria)
100-m Ptolemaic lighthouse wonder whose lantern guided ancient Mediterranean.
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🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Hellenistic Ptolemaic 297–280 BCE · Greek (Ptolemaic Alexandria)
100-m Ptolemaic lighthouse wonder whose lantern guided ancient Mediterranean.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
Ptolemaic to Late Roman (3rd c BCE–7th c CE) · Ptolemaic Egyptian / Greek
Lake Mariout harbour-city Taposiris Magna with Osiris temple and Cleopatra-tunnel.