<P> The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure , about 13 m ( 43 ft ) tall , made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 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 wood throne ornamented with ebony , ivory , gold and precious stones . One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World , it was lost and destroyed during the 5th century AD with no copy ever being found , and details of its form are known only from ancient Greek descriptions and representations on coins . </P>
<P> The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure , about 13 m ( 43 ft ) tall , made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 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 wood throne ornamented with ebony , ivory , gold and precious stones . One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World , it was lost and destroyed during the 5th century AD with no copy ever being found , and details of its form are known only from ancient Greek descriptions and representations on coins . </P>
when was the statue of zeus at olympia destroyed
when was the statue of zeus at olympia destroyed
during the 5th century AD
during the 5th century AD