Pieces of Giant Figure

Posted on by mcohen15

One of 38 giant figures held up walls of Temple of Olympian Zeus

These are pieces of one of the 38 figures that held up the roof of the temple that amazed even people in ancient times. It was started in 480 BCE but never completed before the siege of the Carthaginians put an end to the Golden Age of Akragas.

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