Watching an American icon like Indiana Jones battle Nazis in “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” it’s hard to believe that it was ...

ATHENS, Greece - Two masked gunmen stormed into a small museum at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in southern Greece on Friday, smashing display cases with hammers and making off with ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece.

Greece, the cradle of Western civilisation, bears a wealth of archaeological and historical treasures, some of these being ...

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Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, and school students use a mobile app at the ancient site of Olympia, southwestern Greece, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. You are viewing 1 of 4 images ...

As a student of ancient Greek history and mythology and a follower of the Olympics since I was a child, the site of the ancient Olympic Games has always held a fascination for me. Olympia is about ...

A tourist visits the archaeological site of Olympia in Ancient Olympia on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, April 21, 2023.(Photo: Xinhua) Tourists visit the archaeological site of Olympia in ...

Greece approved an emergency plan to plant thousands of trees at the fire-ravaged birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, hoping to green the site in time for the Beijing 2008 flame-lighting ...

The 2008 incidents at Olympia and abroad led to the scrapping of torch relays outside Greece and the host country. Further along the road, while the torches are designed to stay lit, there have ...

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.