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The
world’s first documented stone lighthouse was the Lighthouse of
Alexandria, built in 200 BC on the island of Pharos by the Egyptian
Emperor Ptolemy. It is thought to have been 492 ft (150 metres) high –
about three times taller than modern lighthouses. "It was lit with only 24 candles".
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