Lighthouse of Alexandria

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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ancient lighthouse architectural structure

The Lighthouse of Alexandria was an ancient marvel of engineering and one of the Seven Wonders of the World, serving as a towering beacon for ships approaching the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Lighthouse of Alexandria canonical 11
Pharos 2
Eastern Harbour of Alexandria 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
ancient lighthouse ⓘ
architectural structure ⓘ
approximateCompletion around 280 BC ⓘ
approximateRankByHeight among tallest structures after the Great Pyramid of Giza ⓘ
architecturalStyle Hellenistic architecture ⓘ
associatedWithCityFoundedBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
commissionedBy Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt
constructionStart 3rd century BC ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt
culturalSignificance symbol of Alexandria ⓘ
symbol of maritime power ⓘ
destroyedBy earthquakes ⓘ
destructionPeriod between 10th and 14th centuries AD ⓘ
estimatedHeight 100 meters ⓘ
120 meters ⓘ
approximately 110 meters ⓘ
functionedAs daymark ⓘ
nighttime beacon ⓘ
gaveRiseToTerm pharos (meaning lighthouse) ⓘ
hasPart cylindrical upper section ⓘ
lantern at the top ⓘ
octagonal middle section ⓘ
square base ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological remains underwater ⓘ
influenced design of later lighthouses ⓘ
knownFrom ancient literary sources ⓘ
medieval Arabic descriptions ⓘ
listedIn Seven Wonders of the Ancient World ⓘ
locatedIn Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria

Egypt ⓘ
locatedOn Pharos Island ⓘ
materialUsed light-colored stone blocks ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Pharos Island ⓘ
nearbyBodyOfWater Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
notableFeature one of the tallest man-made structures of the ancient world ⓘ
overlooks Port of Alexandria ⓘ
surface form: Harbor of Alexandria
purpose aid to navigation ⓘ
harbor beacon ⓘ
status destroyed ⓘ
surveyedBy underwater archaeologists in Alexandria harbor ⓘ
usedLightSource fire ⓘ
reflective mirror ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexandria → knownFor → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
Alexandria → knownFor → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharos of Alexandria
Ptolemaic Kingdom → importantBuilding → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World → hasPart → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
Citadel of Qaitbay → replaces → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
Citadel of Qaitbay → builtOnSiteOf → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
Citadel of Qaitbay → nearby → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Harbour of Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt → hasHistoricalSite → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
Alexandria, Egypt → knownFor → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
Proteus → largestCraterName → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
subject surface form: Proteus (moon)
this entity surface form: Pharos
fortifications of Alexandria → hasPart → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
subject surface form: Fortifications of Alexandria
this entity surface form: towers of Alexandria
Antipater of Sidon → wroteAbout → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
Pharos Island → famousFor → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
Pharos Island → hosted → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
Pharos Lighthouse → namedAfter → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
Roman province of Dalmatia → includedIsland → Lighthouse of Alexandria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pharos