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The statue of Zeus was 12 metres of gold and ivory

Made by Phidias around 435 BC at Olympia, the seated Zeus nearly touched the temple ceiling. Visitors joked that if he stood, he would take the roof off.

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7 Wonders

The Zeus statue vanished without a trace

After the Olympic Games were banned, the statue was likely moved to Constantinople and destroyed in a fire around 475 AD. Only coins and descriptions record what it looked like.

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7 Wonders

The Colossus of Rhodes stood for only 54 years

The 33-metre bronze sun god was finished around 280 BC and collapsed in an earthquake in 226 BC. Its bronze pieces lay on the ground for centuries and still drew tourists.

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Greece has around 6,000 islands

Only about 227 are inhabited. The scattered geography shaped independent city-states in antiquity and gives Greece one of Europe's longest coastlines today.

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