The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The lighthouse of Alexandria is one of the wonders of the ancient world
which was built during the second Ptolemy in the third century BC. on the island of Faros at its eastern end and continued to operate after the Arab conquest in 641 AD, and the lighthouse is a rare cruise ship that preceded the whole world and does not exist parallel to the ancient world or is modern and functioning protection from the following and outflows to and from the port of ships, the first of its kind in the history of mankind and is the oldest use of solar energy in history consisted of a three-storey lighthouse, approximately 120 meters
on the first floor: square 60-foot-deep shape of more than 300 cubic feet of surface area Decorated box Its pillars are made of bronze statues representing some of the gods of the seas, the second floor: an octagon of 30 meters, the third floor: a round shape of about 20 meters, surrounded by a dome with eight columns 8 meters high.
The Greek sea and there was also a reflective mirror used to see the enemy from a distance if it came from the Roman country and it is said that the mirror is a large clear stone on which you can see the ships coming from the country of Rome and far from the view It was built by engineer Sostatoros, son of Dixitos, and was subjected to two earthquakes,
the first of which was in 955 AD, demolished 30 meters from the top and the other in 1302 AD.
He lost the lighthouse to about forty balconies from the top.