Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...

Roger Lebranchu who survived almost two years in Nazi concentration camps and was the oldest person to carry the Olympic ...

Paris Olympics organizer Tony Estanguet was nominated Tuesday to return to the IOC as a member. The International Olympic ...

The first recorded boxing match can be traced back to 1681 in Britain, though its origins go much further back to ancient ...

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

An ancient Greek shipwreck off the coast of Sicily has yielded ingots of orichalcum, the mythical "Atlantis metal," offering ...

Greeks wanted to win; to lose in any walk of life was a disgrace ... containing a great many of Blake Tyrrell's original sources in translation. The Ancient Olympics by Nigel Spivey (Cambridge) is a ...

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 ...

By Niki Kitsantonis Reporting from Athens Greeks smoke more than most other Europeans, and even 14 years after Greece banned smoking in indoor public places, it is not uncommon to see people light ...

Source: Nielsen, 1/1/24 – 12/1/24. L7 Data. All Telecasts, Broadcast and Cable (excluding telecasts with durations under 25 min, including SB, AFC champ and NFC playoff). Broadcast Prime ...

Nearly 600 Americans traveled to France this summer for the 2024 Paris Olympics with one goal in mind: bring home the gold. The U.S. was represented by 592 athletes across 34 different sports ...

There is no peak in sight. There is simply an arrow pointing up. 1. Simone Biles, Snoop Dogg, and the 2024 Olympics This was the most fun Olympics in memory, no? Part of it was just the way we ...