Ancient Greek pottery is my favorite because it depicted everything. But then...we stopped. It's a shame because a lot has happened since this art style peaked. So here are 16 ancient Greek vases ...

Despite the Sacred Olympic Truce, which supposedly banned all wars that might mar the success of the event, the ancient Games were often caught up in Greek internal politics. (The Spartans were ...

According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC ... hero Pelops (from which the name of the Peloponnese region of Greece originates) establish the festival after defeating King ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece ... have inspired women all over Greece to start taking part in the horse events. The other events are a two ...

Before my visit, I knew little about the ancient Olympic Games ... the Olympics drew an estimated 40,000 Greek spectators. The games were a sporting event, but they were also a religious festival ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic ... The main event at the Olympics was not a sporting event ...

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece, March 18 (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee kicked of ... the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

A very different kind of Olympics is underway in Rio de Janeiro to honour the original games in Ancient Greece - where all ... In hilarious footage of the event, bums jiggle as players run for ...

Olympics-IOC Session Opens in Ancient Olympia as Presidential Election Looms ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ...