The Lighthouse of Alexandria

 This is my miniature LEGO® model of the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

 The Lighthouse (also known as the Pharos) was the first ever skyscraper standing between 393 and 450 feet tall.  This wonder of the ancient world was a very great architectural feat.

Its building was issued by Alexander the Great because Alexandria was a ginormous port for trade so Alexander had it built to light the way of merchants and travelers.

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Here is the back.

It's nighttime now.

Size comparison with a LEGO® Thranduil® minifigure.
I hope you enjoyed.

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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon

A small model of one of the first wonders of the ancient world.

In Babylon there was a great king whose name was Nebuchadnezzar II.  He built this ancient wonder for his wife Amytis of Media as a gift because she missed the beautiful landscape of her homeland.

It was built out of bricks and was a huge innovation for the ancient world, with running waterfalls flowing down the sides of the structure.

How was it possible for the plants to say alive on bricks?  Well, the bricks were mud: shaped to perfection and dried in the sun, and also the plants were irrigated with a complex water system.

This truly must have been a magnificent sight to behold.

To show the size of my model, here is the height comparison with a LEGO® Beorn™ minifigure.

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1066

It began with the death of Edward the Confessor king of England.  After the king's death people all over Europe flocked to claim the throne, three people in particular:

Harold Godwinson,

Wiliam of Normandy,

and Harold Hadrada.

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 Early in the year of 1066 William of Normandy made Harold Godwinson swear an oath over a saints bones that he would let him have the throne of England and Godwinson obliged.  But of course Godwinson was a liar and proceeded to defend England from Harold Hadrada at Stamford Bridge.

They fought.

But the battle was won by the English while Hadrada fell under the Raven flag from an arrow to the throat.

William of Normandy chose to invade directly after that when the English were at their weakest.  Godwinson prepared for battle at Hastings mustering all his forces for a final stand.

The battle was fierce.

But ended with an arrow to Godwinson's eye.

December 25 1066
William the conqueror marched into England, sat down, and put the kings crown on his head and the war for the throne was finally over.

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