Imagine a statue so colossal it rivaled the Great Pyramid of Giza, a bronze giant that once stood guard over an ancient ...
Its legacy endures. For little more than 50 years in the third century B.C., the massive bronze statue of Helios, patron god of Rhodes, towered over the Greek port until it was destroyed by an ...
The Colossus of Rhodes, once among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, stood at the harbor’s entrance, honoring the victory over invaders with a giant bronze statue of Helios. Though the ...