The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple footrace. To history lovers like me, the Sanctuary of Olympia — the ...

In 776 B.C.E., spectators gathered in Olympia, Greece, to watch a simple footrace. Thus began the ancient Olympics, the classical sporting competition that continued for more than a millennium ...

The ancient Olympic Games, which began in the 8th century B.C., laid the foundation for the modern Olympic movement, which is a source of national pride for the Greeks and which includes the ...

The graphic shows the ancient hippodrome, a U-shape stadium structure used for hosting chariot races in Ancient Olympics. It is believed that the terraces could accommodate more than 30,000 spectators ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece — Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site on Tuesday, two days before the contest to elect a new leader.

Officials in Ancient Olympia are protesting the decision to hold the next International Olympic Committee session in a neighboring region of southern Greece, rather than at the birthplace of the ...

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 ancient Olympic Games, which began in the 8th century B.C., laid the foundation for the modern Olympic movement, which is a source of national pride for the Greeks and which includes the lighti… ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site on Tuesday, two days before the contest to elect a new leader. Rain at ...