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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;OutsiderSubtype, post: 6240905, member: 112457&quot;]I have not looked into the scholarship on this, but I would find use of naphtha fuel in the lighthouse to be very plausible; the ancients had some knowledge of petroleum.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the time of its construction the Pharos was one of the three tallest structures in the world, behind only the larger pyramids. It was the tallest non-pyramidal structure. Depending on exactly how high it was, it may have held that title for a thousand years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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