Posted on 02/06/2008 6:20:24 PM PST by blam
DISCOVERY: Oldest lighthouse at ancient Roman port
The New Anatolian / Ankara
06 February 2008
Turkish archaeologists unearthed a 2000-year-old lighthouse at the ancient Roman port of Patara, near southern town of Kas, Antalya, discovering probably the oldest such structure that managed to remain intact.
The 12-meter-high lighthouse was built under the reign of Emperor Nero who ruled from 54 to 68, Professor Havva Iskan Isik, head of the excavation team reported.
"The oldest known lighthouse is the one in Alexandria but there is nothing left of it. So, the lighthouse at the Patara port is the oldest one that has remained intact," she said.
Isik said there might be a second lighthouse at the other edge of the port under a huge debris of soil, which she said was to be excavated at a later time.
GGG Ping.
“The oldest known lighthouse is the one in Alexandria but there is nothing left of it. So, the lighthouse at the Patara port is the oldest one that has remained intact,” she said.”
So, no one noticed the intact light house down the way
That's in Spain.
I saw scuba divers finding big stone blocks in the Alexandria harbor...that were alleged to be parts of the Alexandria lighthouse after the several earthquakes.
Is this wrong ?
“The oldest known lighthouse is the one in Alexandria but there is nothing left of it. “
The lighthouse was immediayely destroyed as being unislamic./s
La Coruna Lighthouse (Tower Of Hercules)
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Somewhere or other I’ve seen a photo (or perhaps a drawing?) of a miniature version of the ancient Pharos of Alexandria; it was constructed in ancient times and may have been one of a number such standing on a series of sites west of the city.
I thought they said it has remained intact.
I imagined that to mean that it was still in its original configuration, standing by the harbor—Or do they mean they found all the stones.
I saw the documentary again which showed the replica of the Pharos; it was a tomb believed to have been built in imitation of the Pharos’ design. “Engineering an Empire”, hosted by Peter Weller.
more about the Tower of Hercules at La Coruna:
http://sobreespana.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/torre-de-hercules.jpg
http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/towerofhercules.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LosO-B6mD2A
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1312
Ancient miniature replica of the Pharos at Alexandria:
https://www.google.com/images?q=Abusir+Tower
http://archaeology.about.com/od/tterms/qt/Tower-Of-Abusir.htm?rd=1
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