Where was the world’s first known lighthouse built?

Where was the world’s first known lighthouse built?

A Egypt
B China
C Greece

The Pharos or Lighthouse of Alexandria is the earliest known lighthouse, having been constructed sometime between 284 and 246 BCE. Standing an estimated 100 metres in height, it is included in ancient writer Philo of Byzantium’s Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

The correct answer is Egypt.

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