The free exhibition runs at the World Expo Museum in Shanghai until Oct 26. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Through six ...

The ancient Olympics were held in honor of Zeus, king of the Greek gods. By the mid-second century B.C.E., the Roman Empire had taken control of Greece, including Olympia. The Games continued ...

The Olympic Myth of Greek Amateur Athletics by DC Young (Library of Ancient Athletics, Chicago, 1985) Sport and Society in Ancient Greece by Mark Golden (Cambridge University Press, 1998) ...

The Greek flag is always flown during the closing ceremony in recognition of the role ancient Greece had in creating the Olympic Games. From 776BC, the games were held every four years in Greece ...

This is the third installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here and ...

In this Aug. 4 X post, for example, a user stated that during the original Olympics held in ancient Greece, women were not allowed to compete in or even attend any events: (@sales_belinda / X) ...

Women were not allowed to attend the Olympic Games in ancient Greece. Rating: Mixture (About this rating?) What's True: According to historical sources, "women" — specifically meaning, in that ...