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Title: Egypt Approves Plan to Rebuild Ancient World Wonder Lighthouse of Alexandria
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Breitbart
URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/national-s ... nder-lighthouse-of-alexandria/
Published: May 10, 2015
Author: Breitbart News
Post Date: 2015-05-10 08:49:16 by cranky
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Views: 2316
Comments: 6
This story originally appeared in the Cairo Post: CAIRO: The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that was badly damaged by three earthquakes, will be rebuilt nearby its original location. In its meeting last week, “members of the Permanent Committee of the Egyptian Antiquities have approved an old project, submitted previously by the Alexandria governorate, aiming to revive the lighthouse,” Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities SCA Dr. Mostafa Amin told Youm7. He explained that members of the committee agreed on reconstructing the Lighthouse on an area of land located a few meters to the southwest of the landmark’s original location. A comprehensive study has been completed and submitted to Alexandria governorate for final approval, he added. The Lighthouse, also known as the Pharos, was badly damaged due to a series of earthquakes hit Alexandria and the Mediterranean area between the 3rd and 12th centuries, Greco-Roman archaeology professor Fathy Khourshid told The Cairo Post Tuesday. “A severe earthquake in 1303 caused a huge destruction of the monument before the Mamluk Sultan Qaitbay in 1480 reused the monument’s ruins to construct a fortress (currently standing and bearing his name) on the original location of the Pharos northwest of Alexandria,” according to Khourshid. 
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
Seems like a waste of money in a poor country.
Why not just bring the slaves back to build it?
Israel is right next door. All the Egyptians have to do is drag them back.
#6. To: Vicomte13 (#5)
Good luck with that one. If the Obama supported government was still in power there would be plenty to choose from in country.
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