The Olympics, which took place every four years until at least 393 A.D., was the premier sporting, social and cultural gathering of the ancient Greeks. When did the modern Olympic Games start?

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 world ...

Today's Olympic Games are based on what took place at Olympia, in Greece, nearly three millennia ago. What were the ancient Olympics like, and how different were they from those of modern times ...

A brief history of the ancient Olympics, ... A marble sculpture of ancient Greek wrestlers from 510 BC is part of an exhibition at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, ...

Nude athletes, performance-enhancing lizard meat, and animal sacrifices are just a few of the things that separate the ancient Olympics from the modern games, says the author of The Naked Olympics.

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.

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) ...

Olympia in Ancient Greece Immanuel Giel via Wikicommons Judging from the writings of the second-century A.D. traveler named Pausanias, however, most cheating in the ancient Olympics was related to ...