{"id":383,"date":"2005-02-16T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-16T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=383"},"modified":"2005-02-16T17:48:00","modified_gmt":"2005-02-16T17:48:00","slug":"383","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The Greeks are at it again<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plans are afoot to rebuild the Colossus of Rhodes.<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One of the “seven wonders” of the ancient world, the giant statue of Helios<\/a> was destroyed by a strong earthquake centuries ago and its material–bronze and iron–scavenged for other uses.<\/p>\n

The original Colossus was similar in size and construction<\/a> to the Statue of Liberty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Greeks are at it again Plans are afoot to rebuild the Colossus of Rhodes.. One of the “seven wonders” of the ancient world, the giant statue of Helios was destroyed by a strong earthquake centuries ago and its material–bronze and iron–scavenged for other uses. The original Colossus was similar in size and construction to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-383","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6714,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6714","url_meta":{"origin":383,"position":0},"title":"Missing Sekmet Statute Mystery Solved","author":"Chas S. 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Some examples:Woodside, Calfornia: The Pulgas Water Temple--beautiful Graeco-Roman style building open to the public, marking the place where the water from the Hetch Hatchey Reservoir in the mountains (which\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6822,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6822","url_meta":{"origin":383,"position":2},"title":"Egypt Has the Pyramids; Siberia has the Shigir Idol","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"November 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Why the comparison between countless tons of quarried stone and \"the oldest wooden statue in the world,\" estimated at 9,500 years before present? In each case, there are those who believe that the structures (particularly the Great Pyramid) and the sculpture from the Ural Mountains contain secret codes. The tall\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"archaeology\"","block_context":{"text":"archaeology","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=archaeology"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siberiantimes.com\/PICTURES\/SCIENCE\/Shigir-Idol-october-22-2014\/inside%20face%20left.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12132,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12132","url_meta":{"origin":383,"position":3},"title":"Ancient Idol Is Older than They Thought","author":"Chas S. 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