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Archaeology at Olympia
Over the centuries the river Alpheios, to the south of the sanctuary, folded and
swept away the hippodrome, and the river Kladeios to the west destroyed part
of the gymnasium. Following earthquakes and storms, a layer of silt was
deposited over the entire site. Olympia lay unnoticed until modern times when
an Englishman, Richard Chandler, rediscovered it in 1766.
The German government sponsored full-scale excavations from 1875. The
excellent local museum displays many of the remarkable finds, and the German
Archaeological Institute in liaison with the Greek Archaeological Service
continues to investigate the site to the present day.
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