The Seven Wonders The Statue of Zeus The seven wonders of the world were chosen by a Greek historian named Herodotus. One of these was the Statue of Zeus at Olympia. This particular wonder was chosen because of the wonderful sculpting of the statue. Statue replica. It is said that Libon designed the temple and Phedias

The Statue of Zeus Seven Wonders The Statue of Zeus The Colossus of Rhodes The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus The Lighthouse of Alexandria The Temple of Artemis The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Pyramid of Giza Other Wonders This colossal statue represented the Greek god of heaven: Zeus. It was ordered in 450 BC. to the

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The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there. A sculpture of ivory plates and gold panels over a wooden framework, it represented the god Zeus sitting on an elaborate cedar w