Ruined wonder
at Alexandria, Egypt
Alexandria
was founded in ancient times by Alexander, the Great Conqueror,
who
named it for himself.
The lighthouse,
which stands on an island in the harbor, is
one of the wonders of the world.
I went to see
the
lighthouse and found one of its faces in ruins. One would
describe it as a square building soaring into the air. It is situated
on a high mound and lies at a short distance from the city on a
long tongue of land, encompassed on three sides by the sea so that
the lighthouse cannot be reached by land except from the city. I
visited the lighthouse four years later and found that it had fallen
into so ruinous a condition that it was impossible to enter it.
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