The Lighthouse of Alexandria: Part 1 (The Show Notes)

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Pharos: The Lighthouse at Alexandria
Julius Caesar’s Civil Wars (AG Peskett translation)
The Geography of Strabo (Horace Leonard Jones translation)
Pliny’s Natural History (D.E.Eichholz translation)
Publius Papinius Statius: Silvae (A.H. Kline translation)

Ancient Ports Antiques: Alexandria Pharos Island
Ancient Alexandria between Egypt and Greece: Chapter Thirteen The Island of Pharos in Myth and History. Mostafa el-Abbadi
Alexandria in Late Antiquity: Topography and Social Conflict by Christopher Haas
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Bettany Hughes
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Science, Engineering and Technology by Michael Denis Higgins
ASOR: A Reverse History of the Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria: From the Underwater Remains to the First Structure by Michael Denis Higgins
The Pharos of Alexandria: A Man-Made “Mountain” in Lucan’s Bellum Ciuile by Laura Zientek
MOHA Research Center: Lighthouse of Alexandria in the sources from Islamic Civilisation
Brittanica.com: The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Islamic History of the Lighthouse of Alexandria by Doris Behrens-Abouseif
Lighthouse of Alexandria in the sources from Islamic Civilisation by Cem Nizamoglu

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