The modern Olympics is a global showcase and celebration of extraordinary athletic feats and fierce competition. It's an ...
Dr Judith Swaddling is an Assistant Keeper in the Greek and Roman Department at ... She acted as consultant for a documentary video on the ancient Olympics made for the International Olympic ...
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 ...
Ancient Greeks prepared Roman gladiators for violent contests, although these were quite different from the Olympics the ...
Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance from Athens to Sparta and back -- not just from Marathon ...