Colosus fact or fiction?

>>2432076

You're assuming there was only one Collosus, and that any free standing construction like that would last any meaningful amount of time in an area as tectonically active as greece.

You're also overlooking the way that it's fairly unlikely any greek scholars got as far south as Rhodesia to see it in the first place.

(so yeah, it probably didn't exist, or if it did exist, it was just a slightly larger than usual statue more than the harbour straddling nudist fucker it's usually depicted as)

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>>2432160
>it's fairly unlikely any greek scholars got as far south as Rhodesia to see it in the first place

>>2432076
>I understand that theres certain things in history that we do take historical accounts as they only evidence but they generally arent for some random structure that varies in shape, form and size depending on account.
Why do you hate fun op?

So is The Colossus of Rhodes just the worlds greatest history meme? It seems as though no serious scholar is going to admit its fake but when questioned say its probably not a real thing. And yet the general public, the consumers and reproducers of history hold onto it and regurgitate it like there life depends on it.

>>2432382
Reminds me of the holocaust.

>>2432076
Apparently the remains just sat in Rhodes for about 800 years, until the Arabs conquered the area and melted down the bronze

>>2432403
so your telling me that they burnt whatever evidence there was? sounds familiar.
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>>2432160
>You're also overlooking the way that it's fairly unlikely any greek scholars got as far south as Rhodesia to see it in the first place.