Andrew Schulz
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A kilometer or something like that?
Yeah, you would have to bring it all the way up the Nile, up into the Delta, following the rivers out of the Delta.
Into the Mediterranean?
Into the Mediterranean and kind of sail around the city, pull up to the island and then unload the blocks.
It's awe-inspiring.
You're like, how could you do this?
It's the world's first lighthouse, right?
It's just this beacon that you could see that showed you where this calm water port was.
And I believe it was a giant bronze mirror with like a statue of Poseidon in it.
And I think it would spin, but it would stay constantly burning.
And so, yeah, at night you would see this torch off in the distance.
And so you pull up.
Yeah, and then so once you made port, then...
you would make port on the backside of Alexandria's library.
So you'd see this huge public library in front of you.
And then they would come in and they'd take all of your valuable knowledge.
They're probably not taking petty documents, but they're taking all your important documents and copying them down.
And then you would walk into the city.
I think you had, it was called Soma Road and Canopic Way.
And so when you entered into the city,