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One of the grandest structures of the ancient world could be reborn: The Colossus of Rhodes
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| 11/03/2015
| Dennis Green
Posted on 11/03/2015 12:49:41 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
A view of the statue's lighthouse, which would glow for up to 35 miles.
To: SeekAndFind
Harryhausen said this was his inspiration for Talos in "Jason and The Argonauts."
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posted on
11/03/2015 12:52:39 PM PST
by
4yearlurker
(Voting is now the lesser of all evils.)
To: SeekAndFind
Hmmmm.. I see the possibility for a huge water feature.
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posted on
11/03/2015 12:53:27 PM PST
by
Lee'sGhost
("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
To: SeekAndFind
A beacon for muslim invaders
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posted on
11/03/2015 12:55:46 PM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: SeekAndFind
This sounds like a great idea, but the Greek government is in no position to fund it. And if its “crowdfunded” or funded from some other private source, it will be half built and then be in bankruptcy for years before it gets completed.
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:01:13 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:03:44 PM PST
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: SeekAndFind
Oh, shiite. More of our taxpayer money being pissed away. Other than Homer and others from 2000-3000 years ago, is there any real proof this thing actually existed? If so, what happened to the origianal? Muzzies got it? OOPS, long before the Muzzies.
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:04:55 PM PST
by
Safetgiver
( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: Safetgiver
Muzzies did get it. Just from memory, the ruins were in place for many hundred of years. Muzzies bought it for scrap and carted it away on something like 800 camels.
To: Safetgiver
the ancient one did not bestride the water from what I have read.
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:11:25 PM PST
by
Bidimus1
To: Safetgiver
Go ahead, rebuild the Colossus. We have already rebuilt another of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient world- the Great Library of Alexandria, in the form of the Internet.
You could argue that the Lighthouse of Alexandria also, is rebuilt in the form of GPS and GLONASS infrastructure, as well.
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:14:27 PM PST
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:21:04 PM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(This tagline lists all of Hilary's accomplishments............................)
To: SeekAndFind
Wow, the Greeks can both piss away their tax revenue AND create a beacon for ISIS with one action! America’s liberals surely envy Greece’s liberals.
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:24:35 PM PST
by
Objective Scrutator
(All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
To: Lee'sGhost
Hmmmm.. I see the possibility for a huge water feature. Lol! Or a big gun to repel invaders (the muzzies are coming).
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:35:05 PM PST
by
roadcat
To: SeekAndFind
Hope a strong wind doesn’t tip it over...
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:45:30 PM PST
by
Crucial
(At the heart all leftists is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
To: SeekAndFind
Hope a strong wind doesn’t tip it over...
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:47:24 PM PST
by
Crucial
(At the heart all leftists is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
To: 4yearlurker
I bet the original one didn’t have no towel, he was probably BUCK NEKKID.
Be a bigger tourist attraction to.
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:47:54 PM PST
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: 2banana
A beacon for muslim invadersWho, after the conquest, will tear it down as blasphemous.
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:48:56 PM PST
by
Robwin
To: SeekAndFind
God knocks an Idol down, man rebuilds it. Go figure.
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:53:02 PM PST
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: Robwin
Beacon or Bacon? Idea...perhaps they could load the idol with bacon and drop slabs on the Muslim invaders?!? Since they refuse to fight...
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posted on
11/03/2015 1:54:24 PM PST
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
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