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It was the tallest functional BUILDING of ancient times and in a sense a proto-skyscraper. it eventually fell to seismic activity in I believe the l3Th century ad but still lasted over l500 years. accounts differ but the Pharos ( lighthouse or beacon tower) was several hundred feet tall- and unlike the Pyramids was a fully functional structure= though the pyramids are in a very real sense three-dimensional sun dials- as many writers have observed. the Lighthouse served maritime commerce.

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