The Colossus of Rhodes, once among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, stood at the harbor’s entrance, honoring the victory over invaders with a giant bronze statue of Helios.

Though historians know very little about what the Colossus of Rhodes looked ... third century B.C., the massive bronze statue of Helios, patron god of Rhodes, towered over the Greek port until ...

They are the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of Artemis, the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse ...