[Southack]

"Its rulers built a massive lighthouse at Pharos, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the famed Library of Alexandria."

The Library, the lighthouse, and the Great Pyramid(s).

3 ancient wonders all built within mere miles of each other. The rest of the ancient world combined only managed to cobble together 4 more comparable wonders.

[dangus]

Ahhh... you don't think maybe the guy who compiled the list of the 7 wonders just liked his Egyptian honeymoon, do you?

[blam]

"The rest of the ancient world combined only managed to cobble together 4 more comparable wonders."

You're forgetting Sundaland that went underwater at the end of the last Ice Age...and, a number of people believe it was these refugees who inspired these structures through-out the world.

See: Eden In The East, by Dr Stephen Oppenheimer and Voyages Of The Pyramid Builders by Dr Robert Schoch.

[blam]

BTW, the oldest bronze making site every discovered is in Thailand.

[Doctor Stochastic]

The Library wasn't one of the Seven Wonders.