Many people know of the Seven World Wonders. The first reference to the idea is found in History of Herodotus as long ago as the 5th century BC. Decades later, Greek historians wrote about the greatest monuments at the time. Callimachus of Cyrene (305BC-240BC), Chief Librarian of the Alexandria Mouseion, wrote of "A Collection of Wonders around the World". Unfortunately, no one had got around to inventing the camera. This incredible lack of foresight and ingenuity meant that we can only speculate as to the glory of those lost Wonders. Sheer carelessness and people playing silly buggers meant that of those seven great wonders, only the Great Pyramid of Khufu remains standing. Way to go, Egyptians.
Yes, only one Ancient Wonder remains...or so scholars believed.
New evidence has come to light that one of the Modern Wonders of the World, The Wonder That Is Daniel, has been around a lot longer than was assumed by the birthdate scrawled in crayon on said Wonder's birth certificate. Here we present the evidence that has been compiled over many years, dug up, ripped from ancient tombs and the lockers of crabby Air Force colonels.
To you, O Sun, the people of Yellow Brick Rhodes set up this bronze statue reaching to Olympus when they had pacified the waves of war by taking your kit off. Not only over the seas but also on land did they kindle the lovely torch of freedom and seas of drooling.
Dedicatory inscription of the Colossus
The Colossus of Yellow Brick Rhodes:
According to Pliny, a historian who lived several centuries after the Colossus was built, construction took 12 years. Other historians place the start of the work in 304 B.C. The statue was one hundred and ten feet high and stood upon a fifty-foot pedestal near the harbour. Although the statue has been popularly depicted with its legs spanning the harbour entrance so that ships could pass beneath, it was actually posed in the classic Off World Shower Time manner: nude, wearing a boonie which shaded its eyes from the rising sun with its right hand, while holding a fluffy towel over its left arm.
The architect of this great construction was Chares of Lindos, a Rhodian sculptor who was a patriot and fought in defence of the city. Chares had been involved with large scale statues before. On the other hand it could have been his sister Scrybbe who could recognise a pert butt when she saw one.
The Colossus stood proudly for almost sixty years. Then an earthquake hit Rhodes and the statue collapsed. Huge pieces of the figure lay along the harbour for centuries. In the seventh century A.D. the Arabs conquered Rhodes and broke the remains of the Colossus up into smaller pieces and sold it as scrap metal.
Well, that's what everyone thought. This is not true. As you can see the statue is in fact intact after it was discovered being used as a garden ornament in Tunbridge Wells
The image on the right was taken from the Papyrus of Ani. It contains the following passage, which is regarded as evidence that The Wonder That Is Daniel may be as ancient as the Goa'uld and Daniel Jackson's association with Hathor actually pre-dates season 1's episode 'Hathor'::
The Chapter of the Praise of Hathor, Lady of Amentet:
Hathor, Lady of Amentet, the Dweller in the Great Land, the Lady of Ta-Tchesert, the Eye of Ra, the Dweller in his breast, the Beautiful Face in the Boat of Millions of Years, the Seat of Peace of the doer of truth, Dweller in the Boat of the favoured ones, that Bad Woman who did those Mean Naughty things to Our poor ickle Danny...
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The statue on the left was found on one of the Greek islands (details as to the exact location are classified) It is currently in the possession of Mr. Junior M. Symbiote. Attempts to study it have resulted in second degree burns and bitten fingers
Though the sphinx at Giza is the most famous, there are others scattered thoughout the world. The one on the left was found embedded inside the Giza sphinx. Since the more familiar sphinx was looking a bit the worse for wear anyway, enthusiastic volunteers hacked away the boring surface rock to reveal the glorious image of TWTID waiting to be discovered underneath.
Tied for 1st Place with The Holy Order of St Daniel of the Cerulean Eyes
Tied for second place with A
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