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Definitions of pharos in various dictionaries:
noun - a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
A lighthouse.
noun - a lighthouse or beacon to guide seamen
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| A word used for any lighthouse, from the island where a famous ancient one was located |
| The name of this Egyptian island is Greek for "Lighthouse" |
| An isthmus called the Heptastadium connected this island & its lighthouse with the city of Alexandria |
| This peninsula near Alexandria had a lighthouse on it that was 1 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world |
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| A lighthouse. |
| a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships |
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| The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria (; Ancient Greek: , contemporary Koine Greek pronunciation: [ho pá.ros tes a.lek.sandréas]), was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom, during the reign Ptolemy II Philadelphus (280247 BC) which has been estimated to be 100 metres (330 ft) in overall height. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, for many centuries it was one of the tallest man-made structures in the world. Badly damaged by three earthquakes between AD 956 and 1323, it then became an abandoned ruin. It was the third longest surviving ancient wonder (after the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and the extant Great Pyramid of Giza), surviving in part until 1480, when the last of its remnant stones were used to build the Citadel of Qaitbay on the site. In 1994, French archaeologists discovered some remains of the lighthouse on the floor of Alexandria's Eastern Harbour. In 2016 the Ministry of State of Antiquities in Egypt had plans to turn |