The Colossus of Rhodes, the least understood of all the Seven Wonders, only
stood erect for 56 years. No one knows exactly where it stood or what it looked
like. Most agree that it was an enormous bronze statue 34 m (110 ft) high of
the sun god Helios built somewhere overlooking the harbor of Rhodes. An
earthquake in 226 B.C. broke the statue at its knee and it was never
re-erected. Its fragments were said to have been transported to Syria on the
backs of 900 camels by a Jew. The Jew had bought them from Arabs who had
pillaged the region.
The Colossus of Rhodes