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Modern Marvels

Season 6 · Episode 7

Monumental Statues

0.044mOctober 28, 1998

What inspires societies to create sculptures on a superhuman scale? We’ll examine gigantic statues and the monumental commitment of time, money, and talent needed to complete them. We’ll study the Sphinx, Colossus of Rhodes, Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer, Russia’s Motherland and the Crazy Horse Memorial.

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Episodes

Episode 1Demolition
Episode 2The Atlantic Wall
Episode 3History of Tall Buildings
Episode 4Aquariums
Episode 5Las Vegas Hotels.
Episode 6The Oakland Bay Bridge.
Episode 7Monumental Statues
Episode 8Antibiotics: The Wonder Drugs