After the passing of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.E., the generals that succeeded him fought one another for control of the empire he left behind. One of the most brutal episodes of this ...

Imagine a statue so colossal it rivaled the Great Pyramid of Giza, a bronze giant that once stood guard over an ancient ...

The Greek city of Rhodes emerged victorious from a yearlong siege by the Macedonian noble Demetrius Poliorcetes in 304 b.c. To commemorate their city’s resilience, the Rhodians built a towering bronze ...

When the ancient people of Rhodes chose Helios, the sun, as their patron God, it must have been puzzling to other Greek cities of the time who'd selected more renowned and superior deities as Athena, ...

Early in God of War II, after using a ballista to launch him onto the Colossus of Rhodes’s face, Kratos and I begin working our way through its insides. It’s the an inversion of that last great ...

Street cats are common sights in some parts of the world, but tourists on vacation in Greece caught something a little rarer—the "Colossus of Rhodes." Last week, Abbie Louise shared a video to her ...

What if I told you the Statue of Liberty was built to imitate a wonder of the ancient world? The colossus is the wonder of the ancient world that we know the least about. We don’t know where it stood, ...

For centuries, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have stirred fascination. These legendary structures, once towering symbols of human achievement, continue to inspire artists, travelers, and ...

History: The Greek sculptor Chares and his shop worked 12 years to build a giant bronze statue in honor of the sun god Helios. The statue, celebrating the unity of Rhodes' three city-states, is ...