This past April, a solemn ceremony was held in front of the ruined Temple of Hera in Olympia in southern Greece. Serious young men and women dressed in classical-style costumes danced and sang ...

Sports tourism in ancient Greece was widespread, especially to the athletic events and Games held at Olympia, Delphi, Isthmia ...

The Council of Sixteen Women of Elis in Olympia shows how women gained political power by serving the goddess Hera in Ancient ...

During the ancient Olympics, athletes, their fathers and trainers made oaths not to “sin against the games.” But some didn’t take this oath as seriously as others.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — No one knows what music in ancient Greece sounded like or how dancers once moved. Every two years, a new interpretation of the ancient performance gets a global ...

At birthplace of Olympics, performers at flame-lighting ceremony feel a pull of the ancient past Print By Theodora Tongas and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press - Monday, April 15, 2024 ...

The scientists said this implied a possible connection with the Greek mathematician Archimedes, who died there in 212 B.C., about 100 years before the device was probably built.

FILE – Greek actress Xanthi Georgiou, playing the role of the High Priestess, lights the torch during the lighting of the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia site, birthplace of the ancient ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — No one knows what music in ancient Greece sounded like or how dancers once moved. Every two years, a new interpretation of the ancient performance gets a global ...