[SunkenCiv]

Figure 4: Erosional notches in cliffs record periods of sea-level stability, when waves erode at a single level in weakly tidal seas like the Mediterranean. Such notches are used to reconstruct the uplift and submergence produced during earthquakes.

Image by the author, after Higgins, 2023.

"Few men can clasp the thumb in their arms," the Roman author and philosopher Pliny the Elder said of the Colossus, "and its fingers are larger than most statues." According to legend, the construction not only functioned as a lighthouse, guiding ships to and from Rhodes's bay, but was also thought to come alive to defend the island if it was threatened by attacker.

Huge! A Colossal Statue of Ancient Greece That Lives on in Legend | Tim Brinkhof | Artnet News | October 13, 2024

[Bigg Red]

Mark

[chajin]

Of course it’s all conjecture, but in the article I found it interesting that the reconstruction would have been an alteration to include contrapposto, as would be expected in Hellenistic sculpture

[Red Badger]

There should be a statue of Randy Rhodes...............

[bert]

Omitted from the piece is the fact that the Colossus of Rhodes is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world