Ancient Wonders of the Modern World: the Lighthouse of Alexandria
Ridiculous History
iHeartPodcasts
4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Ptolemy II was known for a lot of things, none of which involved being humble. In the newest installment of this continuing series, Ben, Noel and Max explore the ridiculous story of the Lighthouse of Alexandria.
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| 0:00.0 | Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show. |
| 0:28.0 | Fellow ridiculous historians. |
| 0:30.0 | Thank you, as always, so much for tuning in. |
| 0:33.5 | Let's hear it for The Man, the Myth, the Legend, |
| 0:36.5 | our super producer, Mr. Max, no red light Williams. |
| 0:41.4 | The wonder of your own heart. |
| 0:45.6 | The 11th wonder. |
| 0:47.1 | How many wonders are there again? |
| 0:49.0 | Well, there's the data wonders of the ancient world. |
| 0:53.2 | I don't know why I whipped out 11. That is just a number that's fun, fun for me. Noel, it's good to see you again, man. I don't want to sound weird, but you're Noel Brown. I'm Ben Bolin. I missed you a little bit. Oh, it's okay, Ben. You're allowed to miss me. I missed you, too. |
| 1:11.5 | We've both been on... |
| 1:12.6 | I did. |
| 1:13.4 | It's true. |
| 1:14.4 | It's true. |
| 1:14.9 | The myths and the legends and the stories are true. |
| 1:20.2 | We've both been on various adventures across this great wide world of sport. |
| 1:26.3 | And now we're back, reconvened, talking about a lighthouse, |
| 1:29.7 | the mythical lighthouse. Well, is it mythical? I don't know. Ah, this is the thing. Okay, so we are |
| 1:35.0 | returning to one of our favorite series, an ongoing exploration of wonders of the world. |
| 1:45.8 | And you and I and our research associate for this episode, Max, |
| 1:51.9 | we just had a brief bit of banter that didn't make it on air, |
| 1:57.0 | where you and I were talking about how many wonders are in the world. |
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