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 ...

According to tradition the first Olympics ... region of Greece originates) establish the festival after defeating King Oenomaus in a chariot race. Whatever the precise origin of the games, they ...

Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the ... tens of thousands of Greeks would come to the games from across the Mediterranean, all converging on Olympia to experience the ...

A few ancient writers ... to his friend Atticus about planning a trip to Greece to see the games: "I should like to know the date of the Olympic games […] of course, as you say, the plan ...

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

Ancient Greeks seem to have invented everything we use today: theater, Olympic games, philosophy, and yo-yos. We at Bright ...

The Olympic cauldron for these Games is "a tribute to the first flight in a hydrogen ... The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, April 16. /TASS/. An Olympic flame will be lit at a ceremony in ancient Olympia on Tuesday for the 2024 summer games in Paris. The ceremony will be attended by Greek President ...

Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are three classic examples.