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Colossus acquisitions

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Good news for the supporters of the local basketball team, Colossus Rhodes. Robert Dozier, a forward selected by the Miami Heat with the final pick of the NBA Draft, has agreed to terms and signed for one year with the team, participating at the A1 Hellenic Basketball League. Colossus Rhodes ...


Recreating a wonder: the new Colossus

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Rhodes is set to revive one of the world's seven ancient wonders, the giant sculpture of Colossus. This ambitious project, presented in Dubai "will be a unique architectural creation" according to the island's capital mayor, Mr. Hatziefthimiou, aiming to become one of the 21st century's largest artistic constructions. The project, ...


The Colossus of Rhodes

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The Colossus of Rhodes is one of the famous Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built between the years 292 and 280 BC, to commemorate the successful outcome of the war against the troops of Demetrios Poliorcetes (The Besieger), one of the epigones (epigoni) of Alexander the Great. ...