It clearly was also a calculated response to the new Temple of Zeus at Olympia, the home of the Olympic Games, which was finished less than 10 years before the Parthenon was begun, and which was ...

The Temple of Zeus in Olympia, Greece was home to the lost massive ... and today, some of its ruins are visible today. The ...

Located near the Acropolis and the Benaki Museum, the Temple of Olympian Zeus is a tall and impressive marble structure that dates back to the 6th century B.C. The site has a long and storied ...

The ruins include a stadium ... and the pediment groups from both ends of the temple of Zeus to whom Olympia was preminently sacred. The pediment sculptures are among the least publicized of ...

This meant that any wars should be called off so that people could travel safely to Olympia. The entire games were dedicated to Zeus. Visitors flocked to see the Temple of Zeus. Inside stood a ...

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the ruins of a temple for the Greek god Zeus in the Sinai Peninsula, antiquities authorities said. The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said the temple ruins ...

most believe it was part of a temple of Athena or Zeus, and may have even been used as a site of religious sacrifice. Temple or not, Humann and his successors were determined to bring the altar ...

Burn marks on the statuette suggest it may have been one of thousands of offerings to the Greek god Zeus. The discovery of the small, intact item was made by archaeologists near a temple ...

This meant that any wars should be called off so that people could travel safely to Olympia. The entire games were dedicated to Zeus. Visitors flocked to see the Temple of Zeus. Inside stood a ...