Long destroyed, the Colossus of Rhodes was a World Wonder that survives in paintings, documentaries, and even a few video ...

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The Greek sculptor Chares of Lindos, an apprentice of Lysippos, built the Colossus of Rhodes, a 105-foot-tall monument to the sun god Helios, in 282 BC. Known as one of the Seven Wonders, it later ...

Until an earthquake in 226 BCE knocked it down, the Colossus of Rhodes, a 98-foot-high iron and bronze statue of the Greek god Helios, sat near the harbor of Rhodes, Greece, for 54 years.

After the fall and fragmentation of the Macedonian Empire, the island of Rhodes fought for its freedom and, after a long siege, triumphed in 305 BC. It was during this period that the Colossus of ...