Massive stone blocks are rising from the floor of Alexandria’s harbor as part of the PHAROS project, a French-led mission focused on documenting, scanning, and digitally reconstructing the lost Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Archaeologists have recovered 22 large architectural pieces linked to the lighthouse, with some blocks weighing between 70 and 80 tons. The newly recovered pieces include monumental door elements such as lintels, jambs, a threshold, and large foundation slabs, among them part of a previously unknown pylon featuring an Egyptian-style doorway from the Hellenistic period. The excavation is being led by archaeologist and architect Isabelle Hairy of France’s National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) under the authority of Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. Once brought ashore, the blocks are being studied in detail before moving into the next phase of the project, a high-precision digital scan that will help place them back into a virtual version of the monument. The lighthouse was built in the early third century BCE during the reign of the Ptolemies on Pharos Island, and ancient accounts place its height at more than 100 meters.