Ancient Greece is traditionally remembered for its philosophy, mythology, and great buildings—but there's a lesser-known side that hardly finds its way into textbooks. Under the neat image is a ...

Ancient Olympic Games Fun Facts August 16, 2004 4:41 PM EDT It’s an exciting time with the Olympic Games officially underway in Athens, Greece, the site of the original Olympics over 2,700 years ...

What perfect timing! There is no better way to honor the great Olympic games than by spending some time with the game’s founding fathers: the ancient Greeks. Aside from the Olympics, the ancient ...

Ancient Greek Olympics Gallery. By Judith Swaddling Last updated 2011-02-17. A model of the Temple of Zeus. ... The ancient Olympic Games were always held at Olympia in the western Peloponnese.

OLYMPIC URBAN LEGEND: Athletes during the Ancient Greek Olympic Games were amateurs. Until the 1970s, competition in the Olympic Games was reserved for amateur athletes, which in this sense is ...

Ancient Greek Calculator Tracked Olympics. July 31, 2008 / 4:05 AM EDT / AP ... The findings suggest the dates of Greece's ancient games, which held religious significance, ...

In this Aug. 4 X post, for example, a user stated that during the original Olympics held in ancient Greece, women were not allowed to compete in or even attend any events: (@sales_belinda / X) ...

Ancient Greek Olympics Gallery. By Judith Swaddling Last updated 2011-02-17. The Greeks believed that athletic skills and prowess were gifts of the gods, ...

Ancient Greek Olympics Gallery. By Judith Swaddling Last updated 2011-02-17. Bronze statuette of girl runner, probably from Sparta. Previous Back to index | image 6 of 6. On this page.