Today, the Colossus is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World and a masterpiece of art and engineering. Despite its disappearance, the Old World Wonder has inspired modern artists such as the French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, best known for his famous New York work вЂThe Statue of LibertyвЂ™. Recent research indicates that it was erected either on the eastern promontory of Mandraki harbor or further inland.ДЄlthough we do not know the true shape and appearance of the Rhodes Statue, modern reconstructions of the statue standing upright are more accurate than older drawings. The Rhodes Statue was on the island of Rhodes, the largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands in the Mediterranean. However, despite the destruction of the statue along with its remains, which are no longer found nowadays, one thing is for sure вЂ“ this unique piece of ancient art will remain a true work of genius. Unfortunately, the huge and tall Rhodes Statue, symbolizing victory and unity, ended up in the trade market for metal scraps alone. One thing is certain, he did not stand with his legs stretched out to the harbor entrance, as depicted in many medieval drawings. Today, no one is quite sure what the Rhodes Statue looks like or what its stance is. Metal scraps were brought to trade markets and sold. However, later in AD 654, Arab traders came to the island and bought broken bronze pieces and started trading.

All these years some tourists have visited the site. Rhodes Statue Ruins, Last StatusД«roken pieces of the Colossus, made of bronze, remained there for nearly 800 years, as no one used the statueвЂ™s remains or tried to reconstruct it. It represented the Greek God Helios and was built to thank the gods in honor of Demetrius PoliorcetesвЂ™ victory over the protracted siege of Rhodes (305 BC). Thus the image of the god who once saved the city from the foreign invasion had a fate similar to that of the siege machines of Demetrius, which when sold financed the construction of the Colossus.Colossus of Rhodes Statue was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It is said that the buyer used 900 camels to transport the fragments to Syria. In 654 AD, 900 years after the collapse of the Colossus, the Saracens plundered Rhodes and sold the metallic remains of the colossus. Even after a hundred years its destruction, Antipater of Sidon, a writer of Greco-Spanish origin, included the Colossus in his catalog of the seven wonders of the world. Falling wreckage is said to have demolished 30 homes.Дespite its terrible fall, the statue did not cease to belong to the great wonders of the ancient world. Unfortunately, in 222 BC, about 60 years after its unveiling, the Colossus collapsed as its knees were wrecked by an earthquake. The statue was an intelligent 'advertising' of the city that erected it, a tangible proof of its wealth and technology. Construction started in 294 BC and finished 12 years later. It is technically impossible that the statue could have straddled the harbour entrance, and the popular belief that it did so dates only from the Middle Ages. It stood 70 cubits (105 feet ) high and stood beside MandrГЎkion harbour, perhaps shielding its eyes with one hand, as a representation in a relief suggests. It had a bronze core and was reinforced by iron. Chares of Lindos was commissioned to build the statue after the lifting of Demetrius I Poliorcetes' siege of Rhodes (305BC).

Figurine of the colossus