The Colossus of Rhodes Product:Greetings card the beautiful red sparkles internally

the beautiful red sparkles internally with much brilliancy

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Patients being taken on board a hospital barge

'Colonists and Convicts'

Two gentleman sitting on a busy Blackpool promenade in Lancashire

The Colossus of Rhodes Product:Greetings card the beautiful red sparkles internallyThe Colossus of Rhodes, 18th century. The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was a lighthouse in the form of a giant statue of the god Helios, marking the entrance to the harbour by holding a flaming torch in its hand. It was constructed in c292 280 BC. The statue broke off at the knees when a powerful earthquake struck Rhodes in 226 BC.