Massive stone blocks from the legendary Lighthouse of Alexandria have been recovered from the Mediterranean seabed, bringing ...

When the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt was completed in the 3rd century B.C.E., most wouldn’t have been able to glimpse the peak of the gargantuan tower, but all could see its light. The structure ...

From Spain’s ancient Roman beacons to Italy’s scenic coastal towers and France’s record-breaking stone giants, Europe’s lighthouses are steeped in history and breathtaking beauty. These maritime ...

Pharos, the ancient lighthouse of the port city of Alexandria, was one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Built on an island in the harbor of Alexandria, the Greeks created a causeway the lead ...

At the northwestern corner of San Francisco, you can look out to the Pacific and see the stump of a lighthouse about a mile from land, built in the early 1900s after a steamer ship was wrecked in the ...

From the rocky coasts of Scotland to the harbors of ancient Alexandria, lighthouse lenses have been guiding mariners with unmatched precision for centuries. The breakthrough Fresnel lens design ...

We have built the ancient lighthouse of Pharos out of a wooden frame that we then covered with "ancient" plaster. To achieve a "stone" finish, we then covered the plaster with an air drying clay. We ...