From ancient wonders to modern masterpieces, delve into the captivating stories behind the New Seven Wonders of the World.

He was tall approximately 32 metreswhich made the colossus the tallest statue ever built during antiquity. It was built by the inhabitants of Rhodes starting from 292 BC to celebrate theirs victory ...

Rhodes was a city with philosophical and other schools, conservatories, markets, stadiums, harbors, and at least 3,000 public statues. The masterpiece of all, though, was the Colossus of Rhodes, built ...

The ancestor of all “best-of” lists was the Hellenistic accounting of monumental must-sees. Only one remains in anything like ...

They have included a road bridge across the English Channel linking Dover and Calais, a 200ft carving of Winston Churchill's ...

The origins of the Library of Alexandria are still debated by historians, but it was likely established around 295 B.C.E.

the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos, the Colossus of Rhodes and, not least, the Lighthouse at Alexandria. Of the seven, only the Great Pyramid of Giza (ca. 2580-40 B.C ...

The Temple of Artemis used to loom here, but like other fellow ancient wonders we wished we had seen this week – the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Colossus of Rhodes – it was destroyed long ...

There’s a point by the harbour where it’s thought the vast statue would have stood, straddling the entrance. When you wander this area, take a look and imagine the Colossus standing there. Imagine the ...