The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... He offers some interesting facts along the way, including that the athletes had to compete completely ...

Ancient Greeks seem to have invented everything we use today: theater, Olympic games, philosophy ... published on Bright Side ...

Dr Judith Swaddling is an Assistant Keeper in the Greek and Roman Department at the British Museum. She is author of The Ancient Olympic Games, a guide to both the games and the site of ancient ...

At a ceremony this week, Greece's culture minister officially accepted the artifact, which was likely stolen from a museum in Olympia in the 1930s Ella Jeffries Cultures throughout history have ...

The largest temple of Ancient Greece was at the mercy of the masked men who caused riots after the peaceful gatherings for ...

For these avid travellers, Olympia in Greece has been singled ... "Widely known as the birthplace of the ancient Olympic games, this city is steeped in history just waiting to be discovered ...