Did you know that a group of elementary school students in Xiamen recently had the opportunity to explore the rich world of the Olympics? On the morning of March 25, second graders from Neilin Primary ...

On March 18, the ancient Greek valley of Olympia once again became the focus of global attention. The 144th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was grandly inaugurated in an event ...

She is author of The Ancient Olympic Games, a guide to both the games and the site of ancient Olympia. She acted as consultant for a documentary video on the ancient Olympics made for the ...

The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia ... Every four summers, for over a thousand years, tens of thousands of Greeks would come to the games from across the Mediterranean ...

The Ancient Olympic Games were a magnificent spectacle that captivated the Greeks for nearly 12 centuries. These games were not just a sporting event but also a religious festival and a social and ...

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 fighting for its independence. From..