Boxer Theagenes of Thasos was one of the towering sports figures from the ancient Olympic Games who supposedly won 1,400 ...

A D-Day commando whose unit landed in Normandy without helmets has died aged 100. Scientists explored Beethoven’s ailments, ...

Find out what events were at the ancient Olympics. What was it like to live in an ancient Greek family? What was everyday life like in ancient Greece? Find out about family life, entertainment ...

Dr Judith Swaddling is an Assistant Keeper in the Greek and Roman Department at ... She acted as consultant for a documentary video on the ancient Olympics made for the International Olympic ...

A mysterious inscription on an ancient Sphinx that puzzled scientists for decades has finally been deciphered as Greek writing. For decades, scholars examined the drawing, attempting to decode the ...

Full of blood, passion and extraordinary feats of athletic endeavour, the Olympic Games were the sporting, social and cultural highlight of the Ancient Greek calendar for almost 12 centuries. It is ...

Associate Professor Gina Salapata recently spoke at the Symposium of Gastronomy and Food History in Napier about what the ancient Greeks ate. Last year, we marked the 50th anniversary of Classical ...

As a sacred place used regularly in religious ceremonies, as well as playing host to the Ancient Games, Olympia was at the centre of Greek civilisation. Renowned expert Paul Christesen gives ...

The International Olympic Committee has published manifestos of the seven candidates running to be its next president.

ATHENS--Greece's Olympic Committee said ... There was a time, when, you know, in the ancient days, all wars would stop for the Olympics," Zane told Reuters. "It feels like we're at war ...

Why Trust Us? Archeologists uncovered a heroon—a funerary monument to an Ancient Greek hero—near the modern Greek city of Aigio in the Peloponnese. Located in the ancient city of Rypes ...