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Olympia

The sanctuary of Zeus where the Games were held for a thousand years.

Dated events and their evidence

• 776 BCE mainstream
  traditional date of the first Olympic Games source
• 435 BCE mainstream
  Phidias' gold-and-ivory Zeus, a wonder of the world, completed source
• 1989 CE mainstream
  UNESCO World Heritage: the archaeological site source

Where

37.6380° N, 21.6300° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Zeus_at_Olympia
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympia,_Greece

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