XPost: alt.atheism   
   From: Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com   
      
   On 7/10/2025 7:54 AM, JTEM wrote:   
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   > With blocks weighing as much as 80 tons, the lighthouse of   
   > Alexandria turns out to have been quite heavy:   
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   > https://allthatsinteresting.com/lighthouse-of-alexandria-remains   
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   > 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."   
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   > 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...   
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   > How do we really know what is legend and what is not?   
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   > 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:   
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   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes   
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   > 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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   Oh, a single example proves your point, the classic, "The exception must   
   prove the rule"-type reasoning.  Have you posted anything on the Wiki   
   talk page??  (No, you haven't, have you?)   
      
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