In the third century BC the city of Rhodes, in celebration of the defeat of Demetrius I of Macedonia, built the Colossus, a 30-metre-high statue of the sun god Helios. It became one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Now there is a new Colossus to wonder at, not a statue but a supercomputer, reputed to be the most powerful in the world.
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