Lighthouse of Alexandria

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Architecture · c. 280 BC · Pharos island, Alexandria · Africa

About 100 m tall — a Wonder of the World that gave many languages the word 'pharos'

Lighthouse of Alexandria — Prof. Hermann Thiersch (1874–1939) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Author: Sostratus of Cnidus
Style: Hellenistic art — Greek form after Alexander: passion, motion and theatrical scale from the Nile to the Indus
Century: 3rd century BC

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Made around the same time (±30 years)

c. 300 BC Li Sao — Qu Yuan · State of Chu

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c. 285 BC Library of Alexandria