The goal is to use the original materials of the old monument to recreate the iconic 3D Alexandria lighthouse
The initiative is part of the Pharos program by Dassault System Foundation. The aim is to use the original materials to reconstruct 3D of the Alexandria lighthouse, one of the wonders of the ancient world.
Discovering will help create a digital version of the monument
The huge stones were located after the excavation work submerged on the island of Faros, located on the present day of Egypt. In total, 22 blocks of the sea were removed, including -80 pilasters and shoulder pills, which were part of the old structure door.
Archeologists also identified the stone of the door and the tiles that constituted the paving of the monument. And they discovered a pylon that indicates that, despite the Egyptian style of the door, its construction used Greek techniques.
All this information will now be used to create a digital version of the Alexandria lighthouse. The data collected in the excavations will help to reposition the digital parts. In addition, historical documents will be used in the project.
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One of the wonders of ancient world
- The Alexandria lighthouse was built in the third century BC during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelfo, son of Ptolemy and Sóter, one of the generals of Alexander.
- The structure served to guide the ships that entered and left the port of Alexandria, an ancient city in the region.
- Thus, trade between the Mediterranean and North Africa was fundamental.
- Considered one of the wonders of the ancient world, it was destroyed by earthquakes over the centuries, with the last collapses that occurred in the fourteenth century.
- Part of its ruins is still lost in the sea.
