The ruins are a testament to ancient Greek culture and should be treated ... allowing you to connect more deeply with the history of Olympia. Remember, you're walking in the footsteps of the ...

Dr Judith Swaddling is an Assistant Keeper in the Greek and Roman ... She is author of The Ancient Olympic Games, a guide to both the games and the site of ancient Olympia. She acted as consultant ...

Whatever the precise origin of the games, they became a central aspect of Greek culture ... the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 ...

Roger Wood/Corbis In the hills above Olympia, I awoke before dawn, feeling bleary-eyed from the Greek wine I ... festival in Western history. I approached the ancient starting line—a white ...

The course will examine, among other relevant topics, games in the Homeric tradition, the development of the Greek Olympics ... and modern theories. All ancient texts are read in English translation.

This period is known by historians as the Archaic period of Greek history ... ‘ancient Greece’. Instead, Greece was divided up into small city-states, like Athens, Sparta, Corinth and Olympia.

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York's Metropolitan ... The Met has recently increased its efforts to review the history of its holdings, hiring additional experts to track the origins ...