Height (figure only)2.44 m
1.2 tenthsWindmill heights
2.6 quintillionthsGlobular cluster widths
2.68Umbrellas
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Winged Victory of Samothrace
The headless Nike that commands the Louvre staircase/Art & Sculpture
The Winged Victory of Samothrace is a Hellenistic marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory) dating to about 190 BCE. It was discovered in pieces on the island of Samothrace in 1863. The figure stands on a marble ship prow with windswept drapery that is considered a masterpiece of ancient sculpture.
Measurements
Height (with ship prow base)3.28 m
1.8 tenthsBowling lanes
126Guitar picks
Wingspan (estimated)2 m
2 sextillionthsMilky Way diameters
29.9Tennis ball diameters
Estimated mass5,000 kg
833 billionthsGreat Pyramids of Giza
35,714Syrian hamsters
Ship prow length2.7 m
12.3TV remotes
32.9 millionthsPanama Canals
9.4 hundredthsBasketball court lengths