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The new Colossus of Rhodes to cost 183 Million Pounds |
The Colossus of Rhodes which was one of the Seven Ancient Wonders Of The World which collapsed in the Third century is to be re built. The original, a 30m statue of the god Helios in the Greek city, will be replaced by a 150m structure - five times the size of the original in a project that would cost a whooping 183 Million Pounds plan.
The new design will straddle two long piers in the harbour and hold a huge beacon above its head.
But unlike the original, this new tourist attraction will have a library, museum and shops. Also the 'skin' of the sun god will be made of solar panels to power the lighthouse in the beacon, which will be visible from the Turkish coast 35 miles away.
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The interior of Colossus of Rhodes Project |
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The statue will use state-of-the-art building materials
It would be recalled that the original "Colossus of Rhodes" which fell in the third Century collapsed (statue) on its knees and laid on the ground for 500 years before being taken by a merchant using over 1000 camels to transport it and then sold it for scrap.
It was the last of the seven wonders to be completed,and was built around 280 BC to celebrate Rhodes' victory over the ruler of Cyprus. Bearing a striking resemblance to the Statue of Liberty in the United States, the Colossus of Rhodes stood for less than sixty years before being destroyed by an earthquake.
Of the seven great wonders of the ancient world only one still stands which is "The Great Pyramid of Giza".
However no real picture exist of how the ancient statue looked like. But ancient drawings had shown the three pictures below as a possible image
  
The original is more likley to have been built on a hill overlooking the town as it states that it collapsed at the knees and fell over onto the land where it lay for around 500 years before being taken by a merchant and sold for scrap
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The original is more likley to have been built on a hill overlooking the town as it states that it collapsed at the knees and fell over onto the land where it lay for around 500 years before being taken by a merchant and sold for s
The original is more likley to have been built on a hill overlooking the town as it states that it collapsed at the knees and fell over onto the land where it lay for around 500 years before being taken by a merchant and sold for scrap
The original is more likley to have been built on a hill overlooking the town as it states that it collapsed at the knees and fell over onto the land where it lay for around 500 years before being taken by a merchant a
The original is more likley to have been built on a hill overlooking the town as it states that it collapsed at the knees and fell over onto the land where it lay for around 500 years before being taken by a merchant and sold for scrap
The original is more likley to have been built on a hill overlooking the town as it states that it collapsed at the knees and fell over onto the land where it lay for around 500 years before being taken by a merchant a
