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

When the Temple of Zeus—often counted among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World for its 41-foot-tall statue—was completed several decades later, the Heraion was dedicated exclusively to ...

The Archaeological Site The archaeological site of Olympia is a treasure trove of ancient wonders. Walking through the ruins, ...

The statue of Zeus at Olympia made of gold and ivory by the artist Phidias was so magnificent that it was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, while the Olympic Games began in 776 BC to ...

How many of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World can you name? Chances are it’s less than you think and they’re not to be ...

The original Olympic games were first of all a religious event. Historians believe they began at the great shrine of Zeus at Olympia with a foot race near the temple.

The graphic shows the Statue of Olympian Zeus, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The Illustration based on the description by the historian Pausanias.

The modern Olympics were the brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a Hellenophile French educator and historian with a strong belief in the power of sport to form character and to promote peace ...

Participants donned helmets and shields for these kinds of footraces, which were often religious tributes to Zeus. They drew some 40,000 spectators to Olympia where there is a statue of the Greek god.