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Learn about the Statue of Zeus -

This short video gives a brief history of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia. It is one of the seven wonders of the...

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This short video gives a brief history of the Statue of Zeus at Olympia. It is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

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Learn About the Statue of Zeus

Carved by the classical sculptor Phidias in 435 B.C., the statue of Zeus sat in the ancient town of Olympia, Greece. A simple temple did not seem good enough for the king of god Zeus so the statue was built. It stood 40 feet tall and Zeus sat on a throne of cedar wood and on his right hand was small statue of Nike, the goddess of victory and now attracted tourist from all over the world. It is at debate how the statue was destroyed. Some say it remained in the temple until the 5th century A.D. when the temple was destroyed. Well other say, it was carried away to Constantinople where it was destroyed in a fire. However in 1958, the workshop of the statue of Zeus was discovered in here many secrets into the building of the statue were also found out.

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Carved by the classical sculptor Phidias in 435 B.C., the statue of Zeus sat in the ancient town of Olympia, Greece. A simple temple did not seem good enough for the king of god Zeus so the statue was built.

It stood 40 feet tall and Zeus sat on a throne of cedar wood and on his right hand was small statue of Nike, the goddess of victory and now attracted tourist from all over the world.

It is at debate how the statue was destroyed. Some say it remained in the temple until the 5th century A.D. when the temple was destroyed. Well other say, it was carried away to Constantinople where it was destroyed in a fire.

However in 1958, the workshop of the statue of Zeus was discovered in here many secrets into the building of the statue were also found out.

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