The Colossus of Rhodes: The World Wonder That Became History's Greatest Statue 

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Please do a full series on all the ancient wonders of the world

Well, since you covered the Colossus, maybe a tour of the remaining Ancient Wonders that haven't been covered.

Navy vet here. I've been all over the world, and I loved no place more than Rhodes! The area is beautiful, the food is amazing, and the history is fascinating. If you ever go to Greece, get your ass to Rhodes! And be sure to go to the Crystal Bar and have a glass of Ouzo for me.

1:05 - Chapter 1 - The crossroads of the ancient world 2:45 - Chapter 2 - An epic siege 4:55 - Chapter 3 - An offering to the gods 7:30 - Mid roll ads 9:00 - Chapter 4 - The standing statue 10:20 - Chapter 5 - Collapse 12:00 - Chapter 6 - Legacy

This dude the hours I’ve spent listening to this dude

I used to be a statue like you until I took an earthquake to the knees

09:24 Love that statue of Helios. "I am so bright that I am blinding me!"

I've been to Rhodes. Lovely mix of the ancient and the cosmopolitan. Highly recommend :)

It’s sad to think that we’ll never see this in person 😔

In Asoiaf, Braavos also has a colossus!

The accomplishment of building it is great. It’s also an accomplishment that people were able to retain information about it from the records passed through the years.

I've been waiting for this one! I've always been fascinated with the giant statue.

I was today years old when I learned that the Colossus of Rhodes didn't straddle the harbor.

Watching this as an proud Rhodian!

11:15 "They *constructed* the Oracle at Delphi," or they *consulted* her?

An extremely interesting and informative video. I love history, all of it, and this gave me a very good dose of it for today. Thank you and stay safe!

Simon, your voice is a soothing end to my day when I get home from work. I am subscribed to most of your channels, and enjoy the hell out of them. Thanks to Danny for all his data spelunking, and thanks also to the bright and bold intelligence and humor by which your stories are delivered. Best wind-down material-- Ever.

Megaprojects idea: The floating airport of Kansai

The Colossus of Rhodes: The biggest lawn ornament in history. I still think they should've gone with pink flamingos and gnomes.

Every so often a channel appears on my suggestions of such high quality i end up subbing and binging every video that channel ever made... this is one of them... this channel came out the blue for me and now its in my top 5... maybe top 3.. the delivery in the topics is just right up my street tbh.. maybe cause am scottish and get yer dry humour lol i dunno.. but you're so susinct in how ye deliver material its engaging... i love it basically... that said.. hello new here.. and thanks for all the content..so far am absolutely engrossed... would love to see you do a comentary on the scottiah wars of independence (if you haven't already) i think you'd do it with a really cool un biased POV... yer a teacher... teach 😍 10/10 channel (even without scots history lol i just wanna hear someone speak about it who knows how important a subject it is)

Ive built this thing 967 times in Civ games but never actually knew what it was. This video is definitely a welcome one for me

Recently I watched a special, not sure how old it was (could have been earlier this year or even a few years older), but they had recently discovered a large solid structure that was big enough to be the base of the statue. As far as I know, it's still being confirmed.

I visited Rhodes almost two years ago. It's an amazing place and the people are so friendly. Speaking of Rhodes. Could you do a video on The Palace Of The Grandmasters?

We have all missed the oppurtunity to sail under The Colossus and look up to see what goodies are under the tunic.

I've been watching your older videos all morning, happy to see another upload!

I loved Rhodes 😊 Highly recommend visiting it if you get the chance 😉

I heard the statue briefly mentioned in a top 10 RU-vid short, I'm really glad I looked it up and found another one of your channels I was unaware of covering it 😅

Good video 👍

Another great video, Simon!

Excellent video. Really hope to see videos about the other wonders of the ancient world eventually!

Fun Fact: The music at the end of this video is also the theme music from the channel "That Chapter".

The most colossal thing about the statue is its impact on the world. It stood for less than 60 years and collapsed over 2,200 years ago, and people are still talking about it, still know who built it, and how.

This just makes me want to play "Seven Wonders."

Been waiting for a video on this for a while

The closing music is the same music from That Chapter :0

Great video 🎬 i’ve always been fascinated with the Colossus of Rhodes 🤯 thanks for sharing the Intel with us as always 🤙🏽

somewhere back when I was a kid (1950's) I read,heard that after it fell and cut up it was packed on a caravan by some conquerors then lost in a giant sand storm in the desert. But even then I remember thinking "wow there ain't that many camels on the planet to haul all that away."

Hello Simon. How are you doing? I'm Tim from Amsterdam and I love watching your channels. My compliments. One of the videos is sponsored by babbel. Is there a link???; Thanks

Keep rocking!

Definitely interesting

Full of detail. The pace of the presentation is breathtaking.maybe slow down slightly .

Best mega-project ever: Strategic infrastructures to defeat large asteroids or comet fragments

Quality stuff!

Good stuff Simon, I'm curious to see if you'll do a video on the Statue of Liberty now.

You guys should do a video on the la Brea tar pits in California!!!

Mega projects idea : The Cape Cod canal.

The Colossus of Rhodes was a cool boss in God of War 2

15:20 oh shit i thought we were transitioning in to a ThatChapter video

Please do one on Chaco Canyon. Very interesting and a bit underrepresented.

Keep up the good work love your videos from the ones on this channel and your others like biographies and mega projects think there all great

You could simply look up all of the wonders in the civ series and do a video on every one, and I’d still watch.

Love your videos ---- look forward to many more.

Thanks for using the term 'BC'

Thorpe Park's Colossus ride POV: *cool* Thorpe Park's Colossus lore:

There are apparently also plans to rebuild it. But, it's not known exactly how it looked, and in the time of ancient Greece , there was a curse on it being rebuilt.

God of War II flashbacks intensify.

Haven’t seen a video pop up this quick! great stuff!

Thank you

Nice video

It rocked back and forth amidst a mighty quake and landed with a sploosh in the depths his nose sticking out like a rock.

Imagine if you were a pirate and saw that thing just standing there unfazed

Not the only thing on the internet with Rhoades in its name that's free entry

Isn't this more of a megaproject?

How is this not a megaproject

Cool beans. Thanks Simon.

I suggest doing a Geographics vid on Times Square in New York. It has a fascinating history.

The world wonder that always sends my economy sky rocketing on a water based map in civ 4

Colossus? Colos-sus?! SUS?!?! Caught in 4k Simon

when I think of Colossus, I think of computers first

One fun fact they might have forgotten to mention is that the colossus might have also influenced the construction of the Roman Colossus, the "Colossus Neronis", built by(you guessed it!) Emperor Nero, to resemble himself, in his equally famous Domus Aurea(Golden house/Palace). After his death, it was later modified by his successor to better resemble the Roman Sun god, Sol Invictus, before being moved to an area beside the Flavian Amphitheatre, more commonly known today as the Colosseum. You might guess why.

Damn you superstitions we could've had that thing rebuilt and seen again

Hell yes Simon you never disappoint thank you!! There’s a few fingers of Hercules left in Egypt, I believe that would’ve been a similar size.

Went to Rhodes in 2019! Was amazing!

Do a story on "The Shirt"!

12/10/23 Greetings and Salutations from Temple, Texas, USA!

Only 12 years?? Those people of Rhodes were hauling ass if they could finish such a thing with their tech

That was one colossal willy on that statue, you sure they were putting their arms around the thumb? :P

I wonder what the roads in Rhodes were like back then and now.

He looks cold

Thought I was watching That Chapter at the end then 🤭

Now do a video on the statue of Zeus.

I'm surprised this wasn't a Megaproject. The Statue of Liberty or Effle Tower would make a good Geographics or Megaprojects or Sideprojects.

I didn't know this was a real thing! I read about it in the Phantom comic when I was a kid 😂

How many channels does this man have holy balls

I was wondering if there's a link between Rhodes Island and Cecil John Rhodes.

shout out to my home !! we made the list :D

Lock and dam system on the Mississippi river might make an interesting video.

It would be nice to have a chapter about the crussades

These videos are great, I would only like more maps to get my bearings on exactly where we're talking about. It seems like either there isn't a map shown or the one that's used is hard to tell what I'm looking at. Just a thought, keep up the good work.

you gotta make the war of roses on one of your pages simon

Let's go champ all the way up!

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do the Hanging Gardens of Babylon next

Hey Simon do a video on Plum Island in the Long Island Sound. I'm pretty sure it's the reason why Lyme Disease exists.

My face when he said where colosal comes from 👁️👄👁️

The true question is why am I the only one that knows it was 70 miles tall

I love, as a graduate of history, the phrase, historians agree they couldn't that with the technology of the time, its like modern man sits on a high horse saying if we can't do it without cranes and loads of tech, they couldn't do it with 1000s of people and 1 architect and a drawing.

3:49 what is this?? A Siege weapon for ANTS?! It has to be at least.... 3 times bigger!

Ah yes, the largest member of our family! Lol