Colossus of Rhodes
statue of the Greek Titan Helios; one of the seven wonders of the ancient world | |||||
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Location | Rhodes, Aegean Sea | ||||
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- 16th-century artist's impression (fictional)
- 1679 artist's impression (fictional), illustration in Athanasius Kirchers book Turris Babel
- Artist's conception from the Grolier Society's 1911 Book of Knowledge
- Colossus of Rhodes, artist's impression, 1880
- Silver tetradrachm of Rhodes showing Helios and a rose (205–190 BC, 13.48 g)