The Minister highlighted that, with the culmination of the excavation of the Ancient Gymnasium, along with the restoration and enhancement projects of important Roman period monuments in Ancient ...

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

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 ...

On Sunday, the front of one fire reached Ancient Olympia in southern Greece, ... The site strewn with fallen columns includes the remains of a gymnasium, a wrestling hall, hostels, ...

A website and mobile app enables anyone to take a virtual guided tour through 27 sites such as the ancient Olympic Stadium, a gymnasium where athletes trained, and temples devoted to the Greek ...

Revered as the holiest sanctuary in ancient Greece, Olympia in the western Peloponnese hosted the ancient Olympic Games for more than 1,000 years after they started in 776 B.C. Ruined temples of ...

In the past 2,500 years, Olympia’s idyllic pastoral setting has changed little: the river Alpheus still gurgles in its shady bed alongside the Gymnasium; to the north rises a conical hill ...

The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in south west Greece. Every four years , around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Firefighters backed by aircraft dropped water and foam onto the birthplace of the ancient Olympics yesterday to stop wildfires from burning the 2,800-year-old .

The Olympics presents itself as a vehicle for world peace and unity, justified by the idea that the so-called ancient Olympic "truce" involved a cessation in fighting across the Greek world during ...