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In 247 B.C. Alexander the Great and one of the 7 world wonders constructed.
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The lighthouse suffered an earth quake damaging the lighthouse.
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In 1303 The lighthouse suffered from a second earthquake this time damaging it even more.
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In 1323 there was a final earthquake making the lighthouse fall into the harbor, leaving the lighthouse in ruins. After this insolent no one made lighthouses for quite a while.
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in 1978 the city of Alexandria attempted to rebuild the lighthouse, but failed.
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In 1994 some of the remains of the lighthouse were discovered by French archaeologists in Alexandria's Eastern Harbor.
