The International Olympic Committee has published manifestos of the seven candidates running to be its next president.

“At its heart the Ancient Olympic Games was a religious festival held in a religious sanctuary,” Paul Christesen, professor of Ancient Greek History at Dartmouth College, USA, explained. As Christesen ...

Today in History for Dec. 29: ...

Japan created history by becoming the first Asian nation to compete ... with United States being the sole exception. The inaugural Olympic Games took place in ancient Greece in 776 BC. Who started the ...

Boxer Theagenes of Thasos was one of the towering sports figures from the ancient Olympic Games who supposedly won 1,400 ...

A new magnetic survey of the ancient Assyrian capital of Khorsabad has revealed several structures, including a villa, buried ...

The Thucydides' Trap examines the risk of conflict when a rising power challenges an established one, from ancient Greece to ...

For centuries, scientists have disputed the origins of syphilis. A new study of ancient DNA supports an American origin for ...

Researchers dated the grave where the amulet was found to between 230 and 270 AD. This is the earliest evidence of ...

Paleogenomics has finally solved a question that has puzzled researchers for decades: Where did syphilis come from?

A hidden inscription from an amulet found in a Roman grave has been deciphered, revealing new insights into early Christianity.