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   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   With blocks weighing as much as 80 tons, the lighthouse of   
   Alexandria turns out to have been quite heavy:   
      
   https://allthatsinteresting.com/lighthouse-of-alexandria-remains   
      
   The lighthouse of Alexandria occupies a very odd place in our   
   understanding of the world. I mean, it's pure legend yet historical   
   fact. At least we assume it's historical fact.   
      
   It's not like these stones are marked "Property of the Lighthouse   
   of Alexandria. If found, please return to the Lighthouse of   
   Alexandria."   
      
   It's kind of circular:  We believe there was a lighthouse hence   
   anything we pull up is a piece of the lighthouse, and the piece   
   of the lighthouse confirms the existence of the lighthouse...   
   which is what identified the blocks as pieces of the lighthouse   
   that they confirm...   
      
   How do we really know what is legend and what is not?   
      
   Well. In this case, the story lacks magic. Lighthouses are   
   known, even from ancient times, and nobody attributes gods or   
   UFOs or unicorns to it so, what's not to believe?   
      
   At the same time the colossus of Rhodes is considered history   
   not mythology, with lots of statues known from ancient times,   
   but clearly many (most?) of the depictions are impossible.   
      
   Check out the image on this Wiki page:   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes   
      
   No question here:  THAT is myth and not history!   
      
   A statue? A really big statue? Sure. Why not. But clearly NOT   
   that statue or anything like it....   
      
   There seems very little dividing our "History" from myth.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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