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[[image:colossus.jpg|200px|thumb|Colossus of Rhodes, wood engraving reconstruction by Sidney Barclay, c. 1875]]
 
[[image:colossus.jpg|200px|thumb|Colossus of Rhodes, wood engraving reconstruction by Sidney Barclay, c. 1875]]
 
The '''Colossus of Rhodes''', one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]], was a 110 foot tall statue that stood at the entrance of the harbor at [[Rhodes]].  It was build in 282 BC and was a representation of [[Helios]], the [[Greece|Greek]] sun god.  It was destroyed by an [[earthquake]] 56 years later, in 226 BC. <ref>http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/colossus.html</ref>
 
The '''Colossus of Rhodes''', one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]], was a 110 foot tall statue that stood at the entrance of the harbor at [[Rhodes]].  It was build in 282 BC and was a representation of [[Helios]], the [[Greece|Greek]] sun god.  It was destroyed by an [[earthquake]] 56 years later, in 226 BC. <ref>http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/colossus.html</ref>
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== See also ==
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*[[Lighthouse of Alexandria]]
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*[[Great Pyramid of Giza]]
     
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