Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation, photo: Christoph Gerigk One of the Seven Wonders of the World, Alexandria's 40-story lighthouse, the Pharos, dated from c. 283 B.C. It fell into ruin in the 1300s.

This high-paying yet daunting role is that of a lighthouse keeper at the Pharos of Alexandria, a legendary structure near Alexandria’s port in Egypt. Though it offers unmatched wealth ...

Alexandria is a city of turning points. When it was founded by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C.E., near an existing Egyptian settlement, the port city represented Egypt's absorption into Greco ...