22 Massive Stone Blocks from Alexandria’s Ancient Lighthouse Lifted from Seafloor

A team from the French National Center for Scientific Research recently lifted 22 massive stone blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria from the seafloor, 30 years after the remains were first discovered in Egypt.The stone blocks include “monumental door lintels and jambs weighing 70 to 80 tons, the threshold, large base slabs, and parts of a previously unknown monument: a pylon with an Egyptian-style door crafted from the Hellenistic period,” according to a June 24 press release fr