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Olympia - History and excavations

Who led the French excavation of the Temple of Zeus in 1829?

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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 1829 excavation of the Temple of Zeus was conducted by the French Expédition Scientifique de Morée, which was led by Abel Blouet.1