Visual Timeline: Lighthouse of Alexandria

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300 BCE - 280 BCE: The Lighthouse of Alexandria is built, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
 
 
225 BCE: Philo of Byzantium records The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
 
 
956 CE: The Lighthouse of Alexandria partially collapses following earthquake damage sustained in 950 CE.
 
 
1100 CE: A domed mosque is added to the repaired Lighthouse of Alexandria.
 
 
1330 CE: The Lighthouse of Alexandria definitively collapses, probably due to an earthquake.
 
 
 
 
 
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