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Are there any pieces of the Colossus left?

800 years later people traded the bronze so nothing is left. The harbor is nice and there are 2 pillars that were erected with deer on top of them where the Colossus may have stood. Obviously there is nothing to see and it's a place where you use your imagination of what may have stood there in 226 BC.



No, there are no known physical pieces of the Colossus of Rhodes—one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World—remaining today. The massive bronze statue of the sun god Helios stood for only 54 years before it was snapped at the knees by a powerful earthquake in 226 BC. For nearly 800 years, the fallen remains lay on the ground, becoming a famous tourist attraction in their own right, with ancient writers noting that few people could wrap their arms around its thumb. However, in 654 AD, Arab forces captured Rhodes and reportedly sold the bronze remains to a merchant from Edessa. Legend has it that it took 900 camels to haul away the metal, which was then melted down for coins or weapons. Today, the only "remnants" are the two stone pillars at the entrance of Mandraki Harbor, where tradition (though likely incorrectly) says the statue's feet once stood. Modern archaeologists continue to search the seabed for any fragments that might have been overlooked, but so far, the Colossus remains a wonder of history and imagination rather than a tangible archaeological site.

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800 years later people traded the bronze so nothing is left. The harbor is nice and there are 2 pillars that were erected with deer on top of them where the Colossus may have stood. Obviously there is nothing to see and it's a place where you use your imagination of what may have stood there in 226 BC.

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It wasn't until the invasion of Rhodes by the forces of the Umayyad Caliph Muawiyah I in 654 AD that the remains were finally sold. According to chroniclers, the bronze scrap was transported to Syria on the backs of 900 camels. This marked the last recorded mention of the physical remnants of the Colossus of Rhodes.

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Yes, there are historical records that provide substantial proof that it actually existed. But its location and other details are shrouded in the mists of history.

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800 years later people traded the bronze so nothing is left. The harbor is nice and there are 2 pillars that were erected with deer on top of them where the Colossus may have stood. Obviously there is nothing to see and it's a place where you use your imagination of what may have stood there in 226 BC.

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In the argument over where the monumental statue known as the Colossus of Rhodes was located, its casting has hitherto seldom been considered. The statue—made of cast bronze with a height of 70 cubits (30–35 m, or 98–114 ft.) —must have left at least some remnants of its production.

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