Wonders of the Ancient World – Statue of Zeus

carved by the classical sculptor food
iason 435 bc the statue of zeus at in
the ancient town of olympia greece a
simple temple did not seem good enough
for the kin of gods Zeus so this statue
was built it stood 40 feet tall and zoo
sat on a throne of cedar wood and in his
right hand was a small statue of Nike
the goddess of victory and now attracted
tourists from all over the world it is
that debate how the statue was destroyed
some say it remained in the temple until
the 5th century AD when the temple was
destroyed while others 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 and here many secrets into
the building of the statue were also
found out