The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were the two epics that brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world and served as the foundation of Western literature. Both works were composed in the late eighth ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece--Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies ...

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Boxing in the ancient Olympics was a fierce and unforgiving sport, first introduced in 688 BCE. Unlike modern boxing, ancient Greek boxing had minimal rules and no weight classes, leading to often ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ancient metal ... later Eli Wizevich The Greek document details a ...

As STEPHEN G MILLER (professor at Berkeley) points out in his Ancient ... uniquely Greek games gradually ruined into a form of universal entertainment, with professional, fulltime athletic Gilds ...

Almost throughout his entire life, he served sports and Olympism, offering Greece moments of national pride, with the highlight being winning the bronze medal at the 1956 Olympic Games.

Greece bids a heartfelt farewell to Olympic pole vaulting legend George Roubanis, who passed away at the age of 95. A revered figure in Greek sports history, Roubanis secured the bronze medal at the ...

The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics feature venues spread across the city of Milan and the mountains ... (Getty) As with recent Winter Games, the indoor ice sports are clustered together in a city.

A rare "Corinthian" helmet from ancient Greece will go up for auction in London later this month. Such helmets were iconic of the ancient Greek style of infantry fighting and have become emblems ...