"For the ancient Greeks, the Olympics were about the elevation of ... there was never a hint of trouble in my experience. "People mix and mingle. There's a mosque, a temple, a synagogue and ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and ... It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World! Olympia was not only a centre of sport but of ...

Greece approved plans for the construction of a museum at Faliro, south of Athens, that will exhibit a group of 78 shackled skeletons.

The name ‘Greeks’ was given to the people ... country called ‘ancient Greece’. Instead, Greece was divided up into small city-states, like Athens, Sparta, Corinth and Olympia.

The Winged Victory of Samothrace, the Venus de Milo, Hermes of Olympia—when you think ... statues isn’t the only thing people ...

On the evening of Jan. 18, a 32-year-old Greek man went to the police with an unusual object that he said he had found in a ...

Teddy Riner and Marie-Jose Perec joined the exclusive list of people to light an Olympic ... the Olympic flame has its roots in ancient Greece, where a sacred fire was kept burning throughout the ...