Imagining of the city of Alexandria, Egypt, during the Roman Empire

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Imagining of the city of Alexandria, Egypt, during the Roman Empire
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Still find it wild that lads would just be like “Aight. This is the spot. Build a city.” and then a city just pops up.


Is there a particular reason why the artist decided not to include the one thing which would conclusively define the skyline of Alexandria at that time? You know, the part that was one of the tallest structures in the world, and which was known as one of the great wonders of the world? You know, the thing that literally stood out on an island, in order to make sure that everyone in a hundred miles knew that that was where Alexandria was?

Like, yeah, this is aimed toward the moon gate, and you can see the Serapeum, but it seems like they purposefully picked a vantage point not to include the Pharos.


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