According the chronicles of Theophanies the Confessor, the remains were sold by the Arabs that captured Rhodos in 654 but a more plausible explanation is that the bronze remains were melted before the Arabs arrived to the island and used as to fabricate coins. It was built around 280 bc and stood until 226 bc. It seems that they were quite impressive as many travelled just to see them. The Colossus of Rhodes was located on the island of Rhodes off the coast of modern day Turkey. The remains stayed lying on the ground for over 800 years. The Rhodians were hesitant fearing to offend their God Helios and after asking the oracle of Delphi they decided not to rebuilt it. When the King Ptolemy III of Egypt learned about the disgrace, offered to pay for the reconstruction of the famous statue. It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. In fact, during the earthquake of the year 226 BC the statue collapsed and snapped at the height of the knees with the remains falling on the ground. The Colossus of Rhodes was a gigantic statue of the Greek god Helios, erected on the island of Rhodes, Greece, in the 3rd century BC by Chares of Lindos. It is known that the statue stood in its place for only 54 years. Although finished in 282 BCE, this Wonder of the Ancient World only stood for 56 years, when it was toppled by an earthquake. The design, posture and dimensions of the statue of Liberty (33m) are based on the descriptions about Colossus. Located on the island of Rhodes (off the coast of modern Turkey ), the Colossus at Rhodes was a giant statue, about 110 feet tall, of the Greek sun-god Helios. It was the tallest statue of the ancient world, standing at over 30 meters of height.
On the right hand of the statue there was a lamp with fire, or a torch. The statue was depicting the protector of the city of Rhodos, the God Helios (Sun), naked with a crown of rays around the head. It was built by Charis the Lyndian, a student of Lyssipos a renown sculptor of the Hellenistic times that amongst others built the bronze statue of Zeus (22m high) of Taras (Taranto). It was built between the years 292 and 280 BC, to commemorate the successful outcome of the war against the troops of Demetrios Poliorcetes (The Besieger), one of the epigones (epigoni) of Alexander the Great. The Colossus of Rhodos is one of the famous Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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