The archaeological site of Olympia is a treasure trove ... housed one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Statue of Zeus. It's a place where history breathes, and every stone tells ...

A view of the ancient ruins of the Stadium at Olympia ... The lovely sanctuary of Olympia was remote, nestled in Greece’s southwest corner 210 miles from Athens, so to get there most spectators ...

(ATR) The longest torch relay in the history of the Olympics begins Sunday in ancient Olympia. The journey from Greece, to the length of Russia – even outer space – will end in Sochi ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... He offers some interesting facts along the way, including that the athletes had to compete completely ...

This period is known by historians as the Archaic period of Greek history ... ‘ancient Greece’. Instead, Greece was divided up into small city-states, like Athens, Sparta, Corinth and Olympia.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — New York’s Metropolitan ... The Met has recently increased its efforts to review the history of its holdings, hiring additional experts to track the origins ...

Take Greek mythology, for example: those stories are timeless because we constantly refer to myths and stories of Ancient Greece to make sense of contemporary events. From Fate & Fabled ...