The ancient Alexandria Lighthouse was so majestic and majestic, like a general standing tall, standing on the south bank of the Mediterranean River, and was rated as one of the eight wonders in the world.

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In Abusila, 448 kilometers away from Alexandria, Egypt, people rebuilt Alexandria lighthouse there, but the rebuilt lighthouse was built based on historical records, which is no longer the same as the Alexandria lighthouse back then. It is at most a "high imitation". The ancient Alexandria Lighthouse was so majestic and majestic, like a general standing tall, standing on the south bank of the Mediterranean River, and was rated as one of the eight wonders in the world.

Alexander the Great was born in the imperial family of Macedonian . He is a "Crown Prince". He has received a good education since he was a child and studied under the philosophical master Aristotle. At a young age, he followed his father Philip II to fight south and north, and developed a strong interest in military strategy and tactics.

Alexander ascended the throne of the King of Macedonia at the age of 20, and then he personally led a large army to expand his territory, beginning his more than ten years of war. He defeated the Persian Empire in the East, occupied the Egyptian Kingdom of North Africa, and invaded the countries in northwest India. It can be said that he was invincible and invincible in a generation of war gods, and established a huge empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa. He built a new city in Egypt to demonstrate his great achievements. The name of this city is Alexandria .

But God is jealous of the talent, Alexander unfortunately died of illness on the way to the war at the age of 32. The newly unified empire collapsed again.

So, was the Alexander Lighthouse built by Alexander the Great in Egypt? Actually, it is not. It was built by the Egyptian king Ptolemy later. Around 288 BC, the Egyptian king Ptolemy sent a luxurious fleet from the Nile port to Europe to marry his beautiful bride, and went happily, but did not return safely. That night, the fleet of the bride carrying the king actually sank when entering the port. The reason was that the port was pitch black at night and it was difficult to distinguish the direction. The bad news came, and King Ptolemy was heartbroken. He made up his mind to build the world's tallest and largest lighthouse in the port to light and navigate the passing ships to prevent the tragedy from happening again. In 285 BC, the lighthouse was officially started and was completed in 246 BC, which took nearly 40 years. According to historical records, the Alexandria Lighthouse has an ancient Babylonian architectural style and is built with reference to Babylonian Sky Garden .

The lighthouse is about 140 meters high and is huge in size. It has 4 floors in total. There are many rooms on the bottom floor. It is for people who care for the lighthouse. There are two spiral upward stairs on the outside of the tower, which are used for people to patrol each tower floor. On the fourth floor, caregivers will ignite a raging fire here at night, and the fire will soar into the sky, and they will still see the "instructions" of the lighthouse at a distance of 20 to 30 kilometers.

For more than a thousand years after that, the Alexandria Lighthouse was destroyed many times in the war and rebuilt many times. But in 1302, the lighthouse was razed to the ground in a major earthquake, and later generations rebuilt an Alexandria lighthouse in their original place, but the lighthouse could no longer be restored to its original appearance.