Find out how it was built, why it.

Not like the brazen giant of greek fame, with conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Weblearn how the colossus of rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was built to celebrate the city's survival of a siege and became a symbol.

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Weblearn about the history and significance of the ancient colossus of rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the world, and why there have been proposals to rebuild it in the 21st.

Webdespite the legacy the magnificent statue garnered in the ancient world, the colossus of rhodes only stood for about half a century, as told by world history.

Weblazarus’ “the new colossus” became enshrined on a plaque on the statue of liberty in 1903, a year after congress made the exclusion act permanent and strengthened it.

Webthe atlantic gives us the story behind emma lazarus's 1883 sonnet “the new colossus,” the words of which have seemed more visible since donald trump’s.

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