Notice the ubiquitous monuments to the athletes and large temple to Zeus. What happens to temples in earthquakes. Figures from the east and west pediments of the temple of Zeus. One of the pediments depicted the story of the attempted abduction of the Lapith women by the centaurs. Every column section has a square whole at its center that was used to insert a tenon that would secure it to the section above it.
Spring is a delightful time to travel in Greece.
The weather is delightful and many flowers are in bloom. This Christian basilica is built on the foundations of the famous sculpture Pheidias' workshop. He is mentioned in chapter 2 of Plutarch's life of Pericles. Tools unearthed in Pheidias workshop. The site of Olympia was buried in seven meters of silt before archeologists began to unearth it.