Aedes 1271 Alexandria Lighthouse Model Kit, 37 x 26 x 7 cm, Multi-Color

• Made from real ceramic pieces which stimulate stone
• Includes all the necessary materials to build a high quality model
• Located in Alexandria - Egypt
• Scale: 1/375
• Measures 37 cm length by 26 cm width by 7 cm height

Product Description Aedes Ars the lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the pharaohs of Alexandria was a lofty tower built by the ptolemaic kingdom between 280 and 247 BC and between 393 and 450 ft (120 and 137 M) tall, it was one of the tallest man-made structures on earth for many centuries, and was regarded as one of the Seven wonders of the ancient world. Badly damaged by three earthquakes between 956 and 1323, it then became an abandoned ruin. It was the third longest surviving ancient wonder (after the mausoleum at halicarnassus and the still extant great pyramid of Giza) until in 1480 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. Pharaohs was a small island just off the coast of the Nile delta's Western edge. In 332 BC when Alexander the great founded the city of Alexandria on an isthmus opposite to pharos, he caused the island to be United to the coast by a mole[2] nearly a mile long (1260 M) called the heptastadion ("Seven stadia"-a stadium was a Greek unit of length measuring approximately 180 M). the East side of the Mole became the great harbour, now an open bay; on the west side lay the port of eunostos, with its inner basin kibotos, now vastly enlarged to form the modern harbour. Today's city development lying between the present grand square and the modern ras al-timing quarter is built on the silt which gradually widened and obliterate this Mole, and ras al-timing represents all that is left of the island of pharaohs, the site of the lighthouse at its eastern point having been weathered away by the sea. The lighthouse was constructed in the 3rd century BC. After Alexander the great died of a Fever at age 32, the first ptolemy (ptolemy I scooter) announced himself King in 305 BC, and commissioned its construction shortly thereafter. Safety Warning not appropriate for children under the age of 3 YEARS Box Contains 1 x Alexandria Lighthouse Model Kit