The Colossus of Rhodes Product:Greetings card the beautiful red sparkles internally

the beautiful red sparkles internally with much brilliancy

The Mitre Tavern on the Paddington Canal

Patients being taken on board a hospital barge

Rats taken alive

A street seller playing a trumpet-like instrument

The Colossus of Rhodes Product:Greetings card the beautiful red sparkles internallyThe Colossus of Rhodes, 18th century. The Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was a lighthouse in the form of a giant statue of the god Helios, marking the entrance to the harbour by holding a flaming torch in its hand. It was constructed in c292 280 BC. The statue broke off at the knees when a powerful earthquake struck Rhodes in 226 BC.