People will be able to see the Sun up close as a new artwork goes on display at an 18th Century hall. The Helios sculpture, ...
Until an earthquake in 226 BCE knocked it down, the Colossus of Rhodes, a 98-foot-high iron and bronze statue of the Greek god Helios, sat near the harbor of Rhodes, Greece, for 54 years.
The Helios sculpture, named after the ancient Greek god of the Sun, is shining bright in Seaton Delaval Hall, near Seaton Sluice, Northumberland. The 7m (22ft) artwork took about eight months to ...