Does Colossus of Rhodes Still Exist?

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The Colossus of Rhodes Was Also Among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Seven Wonders of the Ancient World the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (From...

Does Colossus of Rhodes Still Exist?

The Colossus of Rhodes was also among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (from left to right, top to bottom): Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (also known as the Mausoleum of Mausolus), Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria as depicted ...
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. Even though the statue was already destroyed and the remains are no longer available today, you can still imagine the structure if you look at the Statue of Liberty that stands at New York's harbor.

Did the Colossus of Rhodes really exist?

Like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (which some say never existed), the exact appearance of the Colossus that towered over the port of Rhodes is a mystery. ... Toppled by an earthquake around 225 B.C., the massive statue stood for a little more than 50 years.

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What happened to the remains of the Colossus of Rhodes?

According to the Chronicle of Theophanes the Confessor, the statue was melted down and sold to a Jewish merchant, who loaded it onto 900 camels and took it away. Though he no longer stands mightily over the island, the legacy of Colossus remains.

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