Greek City Times8h
Boxing’s Ancient Warriors – Olympic Origin Story
Unlike modern boxing, ancient Greek boxing had minimal rules and no weight classes, leading to often mismatched and extremely brutal encounters.
Greek Reporter2d
Gymnasium: The First Gym in Ancient Greece
The gymnasium (i.e. gym) in ancient Greece was an important institution, as exercising and keeping one's body fit were vital ...
pulse.com.gh4d
8 oldest sports in human history
Explore the origins of the 8 oldest sports in human history, including running, boxing, and gymnastics, and how they shaped ...
Greek Reporter6d
Who was Considered Greek in Ancient Greece?
The issue of who was considered Greek during the era of ancient Greece has been a matter of broad scholarly debate for ...
The Daily Telegraph14d
Costas Simitis, Greek leader who stabilised the economy and paved the way for the 2004 Olympics
The hosting of the Olympics, which took place shortly ... breaking the dominance of PASOK and New Democracy; and Greece becoming the first developed nation to default to the IMF.
Yahoo14d
Costas Simitis, Greek leader who stabilised the economy and paved the way for the 2004 Olympics
Costas Simitis: modernised a heavily statist economy with labour reforms and part-privatisation, particularly in the banking sector - MARIA MAROGIANNI/EPA-EFE ...
Hosted on MSN18d
Rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells big at auction
A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was sold at auction ... On the other side, Nike, the goddess of victory in ancient Greek mythology, is shown alongside Zeus, the pantheon ...
Indiatimes18d
Olympic push for kho kho, India's ancient tag sport
The ancient game of kho kho is enjoying a resurgence in India, with organisers of the first international tournament hoping their efforts will secure the sport's place in the Olympics. It made it into ...
USA Today19d
2,000-year-old headless statue found in Greece near trash cans, police now investigating
Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often unearthed during construction projects. A headless statue believed to be 2,000 years old has been found inside a black ...
gbnews19d
Ancient 2000-year-old marble statue found in rubbish bag in Greece as police launch probe into bizarre discovery
The statue has been transferred to local antiquities authorities for preservation and further examination by archaeologists. Police have launched an investigation to determine who discarded the ...
The Peninsula19d
Ancient statue found dumped 'near dustbins': Greek police
Thessaloniki: Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came ... According to the first assessment by the archaeology service, the headless statue is ...
CBS News19d
2,000-year-old statue found dumped near garbage cans in Greece
Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to ... According to the first assessment by the archaeology service, the headless statue is from the ...