Olympia

The olympic games date back to 776 BC

The Arena

All the Stones and Columns have Sea Shells embedded

Temple of Zeus in Background

The Tour Group

It took as long to restore the column as it did to build all of Olympia

The Champions had statues on these pedestals

Not just a bunch of rocks

In 394 Emperor Theodosius I abolished the games

The road is at the top of the hill.  Shows the depth of the excavation.

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Remains of a column with Lions Heads

The Lighting of the Olympic Torch takes place here using Sunlight

The archway to the Olympic stadium

The Ladies and Men's Shot Put Competition took place here in 2004

A very large area is excavated

No removing of artifacts

The Centaur is showing disrespect

No Posing they said

Statue with smashed nose.  Not uncommon.

An interesting Cemetary

Aghios Andreas Cathedral

Serious Chandelier

The remains of St Andrew.

Artifacts of the Cross on which St Andrew was Crucified

The Rion-Antirion bridge is the Longest Cable Stayed Bridge in the World

Would you believe Fish Hatcheries

Approaching Delphi

It's a long and winding road