Found Lighthouse lighthouse Alexandria

Frank Goddio, who discovered the treasure San Diego (a Spanish ship sunk in the sixteenth century in the middle of China), was assisted by Nicolas Grimai of the Oriental Archaeological Institute and Egyptian archaeologists, found the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the 7th wonder of the world, at the end of 1994. Thanks to the sponsorship of Elf Company, a state-of-the-art device "nuclear magnetic resonance magnetometer" discovered the location. all kinds of rocks and sediments sink deep into the seabed, something that classic maritime navigators can't do.

The CEA Atomic Energy Agency near Grenoble arranges and deciphers the artifacts collected. Built on Pharos Island off the city of Alexandria, in Egypt today, in the 3rd century BC and completed in 280 BC. Under Ptolémée King Philadelphia. This is an advanced technique of that time. The lamp is placed above the tower at the foot of the statue of Poseidon and the lamp burns all day and night.

King Ptolemee

The lighthouse persisted until the 12th century, although it lost part of its original height of 122m due to the earthquake and was repaired. But at that time, the Greek civilization was outdated, and by the fourteenth century, King Quait Bey (Muslim) took part of his stone to build a Muslim temple and an anti-Western fortress. The name is Ras el Tin (Figs).

The remainder no one knows exactly, perhaps it shares the same fate with the region that the earthquake engulfed the sea floor. Part of Pharos Island sunk with Antirhodos Island on which there is a temple, the Regia area has been described by Strabon historian and the Timonium Peninsula with many other temples. People recognize many traces like statues, marble slabs, .

Lighthouse of Alexandria is one of 7 famous wonders of the world. Apart from the Pyramid, there is only a trace of an ancient tomb Halicarnasse at the British Museum. And the statue of Poseidon (ie the Helios god statue) in a 32cm high bronze on Rhodes Bay was sold to the Arabs in 653.