Archaeologists found an ancient bust of the Greek god Zeus in western Turkey. Located right near the remains of a temple dedicated to Aphrodite, the statue is a remnant of one of the Roman Empire ...

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a huge sculpture measuring ... Sadly, the fate of the statue remains unknown, but it was probably destroyed in the 5th century AD during the rise of Christianity ...

But its main claim to fame is that it once housed the chryselephantine (gold and ivory) statue of Zeus from Olympia. One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, this 12-metre-high sculpture ...