Greece Temples Tombs Treasures - Lost Civilizations Author:Editors of Time-Life Books TABLE OF CONTENTS: Rediscovering a Land of Giants; Shining New Light on Grece's Dark Age; Athens: Eight Wonder of the Ancient Word; and Fulfilling the Dream of a Greek World. A few sherds of Greek pottery these would provide one of archaeology's most stirring moments when they were pieced together. The sherds had been d... more »ug up by a German team excavation on the Olympic plain, scene of the original Olympic Games and once the site of a magnificent temple dedicated in 460 BC to Zeus, father of the gods. The archaeologists had already spent 5 seansons searching for remains of the workshop in which Phidias, the Athenian sculptor, had created his greatest--and by far and away his biggest-piece: an ivory and gold statue of the deity, which adorned the temple's interior....« less