The 2016 Summer Olympics officially kicked off on Friday ... followed by the parade of athletes. And once again, Greece was the first country introduced due to their historical importance to ...

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 Olympics are rooted in tradition, with the first official Summer Olympics staged in 1896 in Athens, Greece that drew athletes from 13 nations. Ever since then, the marathon has been a mainstay ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running. Jumping. Throwing. Wrestling. Boxing. Horse racing. We’ve got it all going on! Welcome to Olympia ...

The modern Olympic torch was first used at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. Inspired by ancient Greece, the torch relay ...

This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Why TownHall, with locations in Cleveland, Columbus, is boycotting the Summer ... Greek and given the Greece originated the Olympics ...

(public domain) ATHENS, GREECE — The first modern Olympic ... German skaters Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger, Summer Olympics 1908 in London (Wikimedia/public domain). LONDON, UK — The ...

banned the worship of pagan cults—including the Olympics—in 393 C.E. It would be another 15 centuries before Greek philanthropist Evangelos Zappas revived them in 1896.Traveling to the Summer ...

Even in the absence of fans, the same held true Friday in Tokyo as the 2020 Games, postponed to this summer, officially got ... traditional exceptions including Greece – the historical home of the ...