What perfect timing! There is no better way to honor the great Olympic games than by spending some time with the game’s founding fathers: the ancient Greeks. Aside from the Olympics, the ancient ...

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 ...

A trove of 29 rare coins was recently unearthed in Greece, some of which were minted during the ancient Olympic Games, officials said. The pieces were discovered during an archaeological ...

Rare, ancient coins discovered in Greece, officials said. Some were minted during Olympic games, & others depict Hercules strangling snakes.

Ancient Greece originated the Olympic Games. The Paris Olympics website outlines a bit of the history: The history of the Games goes back around 3,000 years, to the Peloponnese in Ancient Greece.

The summer solstice occurs each year on June 21. It was celebrated by ancient cultures across the world, including the ...

The diagram depicts the phases of the long jump in ancient Greece. In the first panel, an athlete is shown in profile, holding stone weights in his hands, preparing to jump.

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?

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) ...

The Greek flag is always flown during the closing ceremony in recognition of the role ancient Greece had in creating the Olympic Games. From 776BC, the games were held every four years in Greece ...