Ruins of ancient Olympia
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OK - so it was trashed by the vandals from Rome - destroying the games of ancient times - but the old Olympia from thousands of years ago IS still worth seeing.


Olympia - a column
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Some of the columns and parts of ancient Olympia have had an element of restoration applied - you can start to get some idea ...


Olympia - visitors
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We visited ancient Olympia as one of the places on our Geek Cruise ... guided tours told us something of the history of the place. This picture is in the original arena, with Lisa re-enacting an award ceremony with a likely-looking winner


Olympia - the modern time town
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