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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