Not many events in history show what the culture of ancient Greece was like as well as the Panhellenic Games do.
Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing. Wrestling. Boxing. Horse racing. We’ve got it all going on! Welcome to Olympia ...
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Secrets of Ancient Olympia
The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple ...
The Archaeological Site The archaeological site of Olympia is a treasure trove of ancient wonders. Walking through the ruins, ...
The history and techniques of Pankration, an ancient Greek martial art, have had a significant impact on modern mixed martial ...
The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in south west Greece. Every four years ... Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this ...
While one legends claims the games were established by Heracles (Hercules ... (from which the name of the Peloponnese region of Greece originates) establish the festival after defeating King ...
Britons looking for a European destination with lots of sightseeing and the perfect springtime temperatures to soak in some ...
Evangelos Zappas was born in 1800 in Lambovo, Epirus, in a time of turbulence and change. He was a child of a Greece that was ...
The charming village of Olympia in mainland Greece is the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games and is often overlooked by ...
Only one visitor on Tuesday afternoon took in the exhibits at the Museum of the Ancient Olympic Games, while a smattering ... After a week traveling throughout Greece, the handover ceremony ...