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Ancient Wonder of the World, Colossus of Rhodes
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Title: Ancient Wonder of the World, Colossus of Rhodes
Caption: Etching of the Colossus of Rhodes from the series: The Seven Wonders of the World (plate 2) by Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630) Italy, published 1610. This vast bronze statue of the Greek sun god Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, stood at the entrance to the harbor at Rhodes, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. The statue, completed in 282 BC, was 108 feet tall. It was destroyed 56 years later in an earthquake.
Personalities: ANTONIO TEMPESTA
Category: History: Ancient
Credit: Album / Science Source / Los Angeles County Museum
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Image size: 3450 × 2670 px | 26.4 MB
Print size: 29.2 × 22.6 cm | 1358.3 × 1051.2 in (300 dpi)
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