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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Colossus of Rhodes
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:28:37
Publish Date: 2025-09-04 11:40:33
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Imagine you're an ancient traveler, visiting Rhodes for the first time in 280 BCE. As you approach the famed city, a singular object dominates the horizon: a huge statue of the Greek sun god Helios, popularly known as the "Colossus of Rhodes." In the fourth part of this series on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Ben, Noel and Max explore how this titanic sculpture came to be -- and how its phenomenal legacy still remains with us in the modern day.

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