Dr Judith Swaddling is an Assistant Keeper in the Greek and Roman Department at the British Museum. She is author of The Ancient Olympic Games, a guide to both the games and the site of ancient ...

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

The Ancient Greek Dark Ages came after the powerful Mycenaean Era. But what actually were the Greek Dark Ages, and how did ...

The concept of naked athletes competing in the Olympic Games may seem unusual or even shocking to modern audiences, but it ...

A very different kind of Olympics is underway in Rio de Janeiro to honour the original games in Ancient Greece - where all the competitors are naked. The sporty naturists wear just a suntan as ...

His belief that the gods must be good or otherwise not be gods ran contrary to almost all Greek mythology ... The Origin of the Olympic Games (Event Page: First Olympics 776 BC) According to ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece--Even without the help of Apollo, the flame that is to burn at the Paris Olympics was kindled Tuesday at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece. Cloudy skies ...

The idea for the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the Ancient Olympics in deference to "the gods." A symbolic fire was introduced in 1928 ...