This statue was 105 feet high, and hollow, with a winding staircase to
its head. After standing 56 years, it was destroyed by an earthquake,
224 years B. C. It lay for nine centuries on the ground. It is said
to have required 900 camels to remove the metal, hence it must have
weighed over 700,000 pounds. It was erected to express the gratitude
of the City of Rhodes to their allies under the King of Egypt against
their enemy, the King of Macedon.