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When do the earliest archaeological remains at Olympia date from?

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Map of southeastern Europe highlighting Greece and marking the location of Olympia with a red star, indicating its status as a World Heritage Site. Olympia is shown in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula, surrounded by neighboring countries and nearby seas including the Ionian, Aegean, and Mediterranean. — Olympia Olympia was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1989.

The earliest archaeological remains at Olympia date from 2000 to 1600 BCE, while the sanctuary itself dates from about 1000 BCE.1