colossus
When most people think of the seven wonders of the ancient world, they usually think of pyramids. Some of them know that the Colossus of Rhodes is simply put, amazing. Some people believe that it was a small statuette to a Dorian King, but evidence proves that it was an enormous statue.Memoirs, journals, and diaries tell wonderful stories about the Colossus, and are pretty much all the same. Some exaggerations on its thick layers of gold were not true, but the Colossus was composed heavily of copper, steel, iron, and an outside coating of marble. Some say that it was as tall as the sky, but that was one of the many exaggerations. However, it was approximately 140 feet tall, which is equivalent to a modern day fourteen-story building. I don't know about you, but a statue th
at tall without the modern day technology that we have today blows my mind. Many also believe that it straddled the harbor the entrance of the Mediterranean island of Greece. That is a false statement. It was on one side of the harbor. (Thompson 98) You might ask yourself why it wasn't reconstructed. For one, a lot of the pieces of marble, steel, and iron fell to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, so a lot of the pieces were missing. They also lost everyone who help build it because of the short human lifespan of the ancient times. Everyone who helped build the statue died of pneumonia, common colds, the flu, and the earthquake. The Dorians also did not have enough money to recreate such a construction. (McGuire 137) The statue of their sun god was now lying in millions of pieces. For near
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Approximate Word count = 545
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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