Curiosity corner: The Olympic Games began in which country?

The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, a holy site dedicated to Zeus. These early games, featuring fewer events and restricted to freeborn Greeks, emphasized ...
Smithsonian Magazine

No Bob Costas? Why the Ancient Olympics Were No Fun to Watch

A view of the ancient ruins of the Stadium at Olympia with its centerpiece 210-yard track. Roger Wood/Corbis In the hills above Olympia, I awoke before dawn, feeling bleary-eyed from the Greek wine ...
NBC4 Columbus

Despite weather glitch, the Paris Olympics flame is lit at the Greek cradle of ancient games

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even without ...
TASS

Olympic Flame of 2026 Winter Games lit in Ancient Olympia

ANCIENT OLYMPIA /Greece/, November 26. /TASS/. The Olympic Flame for the 2026 Winter Games in Italy was lit on Wednesday during the Lighting Ceremony at the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Olympia in ...
SFGate

It's time to put the Olympics on some island

The ancient Olympics had some features that wouldn't fly today. Athletes competed nude. Women were not allowed to watch or compete. Some events ended in death. But they nailed this: The Games were ...