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

She is author of The Ancient Olympic Games, a guide to both the games and the site of ancient Olympia. She acted as consultant for a documentary video on the ancient Olympics made for the ...

The Olympic Flame or Olympic Torch is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient ... on A History of the ...

“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 ...

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Credit: British Museum, uploaded by Arienne King, World History, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Nearly everyone around the world knows the Olympic Games that began in ancient Greece, but who really knows what the ...

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 ...

The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing ...

The monument was built during a period of immigration from mainland Europe, and it may been intended to unify communities ...

Who were the ancient Greeks? Discover different ancient Greek cities and find out how they were ruled. How did the Olympic Games begin? Learn how the Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago!