Art History What to Know About the Greek Discobolus, a Hallmark of the Ancient Olympics. Marking the return of the Summer Olympic Games, we took a closer look at one of the oldest and most iconic ...

What it is: A Greek terra-cotta pot known as an amphora Where it is from: Vulci, Italy When it was made: Circa 530 B.C., during Greece's Archaic period Related: Venus of Brassempouy: The 23,000 ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics has only just begun, but not without controversy. The long-awaited summer games launched on Friday with an extravagant opening ceremony on the Seine River featuring Paris ...

A depiction of Greek gods partying atop Mount Olympus at the Olympics opening ceremony spurred conflicting public reactions as primarily conservative critics erroneously claimed that the ...

A Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony scene reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” continued to stir controversy Sunday as Paris 2024 producers and the ceremony’s designer Thomas ...

Instead of a gold medal, victors at the ancient Greek Panathenaic Games received terra-cotta pots filled with Athenian olive oil from sacred trees.