The Colossus of Rhodes, a massive 108-foot statue of the sun god Helios, symbolized unity and resilience for the people of Rhodes. Constructed around 280 BC, it celebrated their victory over Demetrius ...

The long-lost Wonder of the World was rediscovered underwater in 1968. Finally, some of its blocks have been raised to the ...

The Colossus was a 100-foot-tall bronze statue representing the Greek sun god Helios that once stood at the entrance to the port of the Greek island of Rhodes.

Colossus of Rhodes. Credit: GreekReporter archive Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Along with the Great ...

Guests will visit the Acropolis and Parthenon in Athens, the ruins of Mycenae, and Rhodes. The latter was once home to the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

THE COLOSSUS OF RHODES From Olympia, our intrepid traveler would have caught a merchant ship from the isthmus of Corinth, sailing eastward some 300 miles across the pellucid waters of the Aegean.

In a recent blog post, Google revealed some of the "secrets" hiding behind Colossus, a massive network infrastructure the company describes as its universal storage platform. Colossus ...

Some believe it was lost when the Temple of Zeus was destroyed in AD 426, while others suggest it was relocated to Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and perished in a fire decades later. The ruins: ...

Rhodes, the largest island of the Dodecanese archipelago in Greece, possesses a history spanning millennia. While currently a major Mediterranean tourist favourite, Rhodes is uniquely distinguished as ...

Throughout history, many incredible places have vanished due to natural disasters, human intervention, or the passage of time. Some were thriving cities, while others were architectural marvels lost ...

Shadow of the Colossus is a remake of the game with the same name originally developed by Team Ico for the PlayStation 2.