The Light No Earthquake Could Topple
When Ptolemy II completed the Pharos of Alexandria around 280 BC, it was the tallest structure in the ancient world after the Great Pyramid. Rising...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5.
When Ptolemy II completed the Pharos of Alexandria around 280 BC, it was the tallest structure in the ancient world after the Great Pyramid. Rising some 350 feet above the harbor, its polished bronze mirrors reflected firelight so brilliantly that sailors reportedly spotted it from thirty miles at sea. For nearly sixteen centuries, the Pharos guided ships safely home through darkness and storm.…
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