Underwater survey of the Pharos site begins off Qaitbay
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A team led by the French archaeologist Jean-Yves Empereur began systematic underwater mapping of the seabed off the Citadel of Qaitbay, identifying around 3,500 architectural items including column capitals and bases, sphinxes, obelisks and colossal statuary in both Greek and Egyptian styles. It is the first archaeological engagement with the wonder that had been known only from texts.
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- A team led by the French archaeologist Jean-Yves Empereur began systematic underwater mapping of the seabed off the Citadel of Qaitbay, identifying around 3,500 architectural items including column capitals and bases, sphinxes, obelisks and colossal statuary in both Greek and Egyptian styles. It is the first archaeological engagement with the wonder that had been known only from texts.
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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (the Pharos)
- Underwater survey of the Pharos site begins off Qaitbay
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- Lighthouse of Alexandria (the Pharos)
- Colossus of Rhodes
- The canon of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- The earthquake and tsunami of 1303 extinguish the Pharos
- Underwater survey of the Pharos site begins off Qaitbay
- Evidence
- That the Pharos site off the Citadel of Qaitbay has yielded some 3,500 recorded architectural items, providing physical evidence for a wonder previously known only from texts.
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