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The Colossus of Rhodes, with Michael Denis Higgins

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Colossus and the Statue of Liberty

The Colossus was a huge statue, probably 33 metres high. It was created to commemorate an important event in 305 BCE. The sculptor who created it was a pupil of the official sculptor of Alexander. And as for the rest of the statue, well, most people think that God probably stood upright.

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