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Colossus of Rhodes: The rise and fall of an iconic ancient wonder
The building process included extensive earthworks for support during ... the Colossus was not destined to stand the test of ...
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Though historians know very little about what the Colossus of Rhodes ... patron god of Rhodes, towered over the Greek port until it was destroyed by an earthquake in 226 or 225 B.C. Three thousand ...