Author

Maria Jesús Viguera Molins

Maria Jesús Viguera Molins, Ph.D., is a member of the Royal Academy of History in Spain and on the faculty of Madrid Complutense University.

Articles by this author

Travelers of Al-Andalus, Part III: Ibn al-Shaykh and the Lighthouse of Alexandria
History
Architect and builder by profession, Ibn al-Shaykh of Málaga wrote the most accurate description known of Egypt’s famous mariner’s sentinel— in what was essentially a primer for children, where it went unnoticed for nearly 800 years.