Popular myth suggests that the rings were inspired by a similar, ancient design found on a stone at Delphi, Greece. The “ancient” stone, however, was just a modern prop.

KS2 History: Ancient Greece. A short animation for pupils aged 7 - 11 exploring the original Olympic Games as held in Ancient Greece. BBC Teach.

Ancient mask and Olympic ring found. Monday, 23 August 2004 Tsvetelia Ilieva and Stoyan Nenov Reuters. ... Turkey and Greece. "The mask is a portrait of a Thracian king, ...

Everywhere you look at the Olympics, you see the symbol of five interlocking rings. But what do the Olympic rings mean? We've got the meaning and symbolism behind the Olympic Rings right here.

The Olympic rings are everywhere this month, from the Athletes' Village in Sochi to cereal boxes in the U.S. ... Greece. This "ancient" design, however, is really just a modern prop. ...

Olympic Rings. The five circles of ... The music was composed by Spirou Samara. The words were added by Costic of Greece in 1896. Ancient Immortal Spirit, Chaste Father Of all that is Beauty, ...

It was invented for the 1896 Athens Olympics in response to an ancient text recording a long-jump record of more than 15 metres. When you look at the text more closely, it becomes clear that the ...

The Olympics originated in Ancient Greece, and were resurrected in the 1890's after a 1,500 year ban. Since then, the International Olympic Committee has been behind every Olympic Games.

The Olympic rings will be displayed on the iconic Eiffel Tower for this summer's Paris ... The announcement comes ahead of the April 16 lighting of the Olympic Flame in Ancient Olympia, Greece, ...

In Ancient Greece, It Meant ‘Exercising Naked.' How Gymnastics Evolved Over Time Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C., had his Macedonian soldiers train on a device ...