The Colossus of Rhodes, with Michael Denis Higgins
Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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The Construction of the Colossus
There are three surviving descriptions of the statue. The most detailed seems to present a detailed but implausible construction method. It's much more likely that the Colossus was actually made like smaller statues because they hadn't made one this high, 100 feet high before. They must have needed cranes and a shelter to produce this huge structure as it would have taken years to do.
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