Here's just a quick update with a couple of pictures from today's port of call: Katakolon, Greece. The highlight of today's tour was the archaeological site and museum at Olympia. Olympia was the site of the ancient Olympic games, and also one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, a gigantic statue of Zeus constructed out of gold and ivory (that's unfortunately no longer extant). The archaeological site was first excavated in the late nineteenth century, and it consists mostly of colossal fragments of stone, which are impressive even though they're ruined.
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| The ruins of the Rotunda at Ancient Olympia |
The museum at Olympia is very interesting, and contains some masterpieces of ancient sculpture, including the original pediments from the Temple of Zeus and this amazing statue of Hermes.
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| Statue of Hermes at Olympia |
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