Saturday, August 15, 2009

Egyptian Trivia


One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was a lighthouse, the famous Pharos of Alexandria in Egypt. Pharos was the first lighthouse in history, and is still the tallest on record. (It was 450 feet high—about the size of a 45-story skyscraper.)

2 comments:

  1. Thank you, Howard! :-) Maybe they'll come in handy if you play Trivial Pursuit or are on Jeopardy.

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