New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in ...

The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ancient Games, on Tuesday that will ...

The history and techniques of Pankration, an ancient Greek martial art, have had a significant impact on modern mixed martial ...

Not many events in history show what the culture of ancient Greece was like as well as the Panhellenic Games do.

Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site two days before the contest Thursday ...

As the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, this quaint village on the Greek mainland is often missed by holidaymakers. However, it boasts a wealth of historical sites and intriguing museums.

Olympics-IOC Session Opens in Ancient Olympia as Presidential Election Looms ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee kicked of its session in Olympia, site of the ...

(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach talks during the opening ceremony of the 144th IOC session, which will elect the new IOC President, at the Olympic ...

The 144th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session began with a ceremonial opening on Tuesday in Ancient Olympia ... Bach, in his remarks, celebrated Greece as the cradle of both democracy and ...

Greeks wanted to win; to lose in any walk of life was a disgrace ... containing a great many of Blake Tyrrell's original sources in translation. The Ancient Olympics by Nigel Spivey (Cambridge) is a ...

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