The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria, was a lighthouse built by the Ptolemaic Kingdom, which also housed one of the pieces of the Golden Capstone.
Fictional History[]
Seven Ancient Wonders[]
After Alexander the Great oversaw the disassembly of the Golden Capstone, he arranged for each of the Capstone's component Pieces to be hidden by priests of the Cult of Amun Ra within the constructs that would become known as the seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
After Alexander the Great died, Ptolemy I commissioned the construction of a lighthouse in his honour. The builders were also tasked with hiding the second lowest Piece of the Capstone, and so the builders made the Piece the base of the mirror that would reflect the light produced by a furnace. The Lighthouse was finished during the reign of Ptolemy II around 280 BC.
At some point around 300 BC, just prior to a Roman invasion of Alexandria, the Capstone Piece within the Lighthouse was removed and later hidden at Hamilcar's Refuge. The Callimachus Text would not be re-written to mention the relocating of the Piece, but rather to note that the new location was instead indicated on a scroll known as Euclid's Instructions.
The Lighthouse mirror was later joined by one of the octagonal pillars of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus and its accompanying Piece.
The Lighthouse of Alexandria itself would stand for many centuries, until it was badly damaged in the earthquake of 956, and then again in 1303 and 1323, until the the last remnants of the structure disappeared in 1480.
When the Coalition of Minnows team had Lily translate the Callimachus text, its clue for the Lighthouse Piece initially appeared to offer no true information other than noting Euclid's Instructions. Luckily, Wizard had obtained the Instructions scroll years earlier, allowing the team to soon figure out the Lighthouse Piece was located at Hamilcar's Refuge.
The Six Sacred Stones[]
When the farm was invaded by Chinese forces, Jack took the uppermost piece of the Capstone from the mine's cavern and detonated the mine entrance, hiding the mirror of the Alexandria lighthouse from the rest of the world.
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