Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Games, like our modern Olympics, included champions and cheaters, glory and scandals, bitter ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing. Wrestling. Boxing. Horse racing. We’ve got it all going on! Welcome to Olympia ...

The concept of naked athletes competing in the Olympic Games may seem unusual or even shocking to modern audiences, but it ...

Who were the ancient Greeks? Discover different ancient Greek cities and find out how they were ruled. How did the Olympic Games begin? Learn how the Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago!

Ancient Olympics - Yep, just like in the movies, the original Olympic Games had chariot racing events. Both 2-horse and 4-horse chariots made 12 laps around a stadium track and the winners were ...

At the ancient Olympics in Greece, athletes weren’t the only stars of the show. The spectacle also attracted poets, who ...

The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the Ancient Olympics in deference to "the gods." A symbolic fire was introduced in 1928 ...

Sports tourism in ancient Greece was widespread, especially to the athletic events of the games at Olympia, Delphi, Isthmia and Nemea.

The Olympic Games are heralded as one of the oldest sporting events in history, dating back to ancient Greece. But were the Greek Olympics actually influenced by the existence of a very similar ...