Not many events in history show what the culture of ancient Greece was like as well as the Panhellenic Games do.

The history and techniques of Pankration, an ancient Greek martial art, have had a significant impact on modern mixed martial ...

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 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 ...

According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC ... and in many ways were the most important factor uniting the Greeks, except for their language and mythology.

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 ...

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 ...

A very different kind of Olympics is underway in Rio de Janeiro ... naturist Abrico beach in Grumari are a throwback to the ancient Greek athletes who also played in the nude to honour the gods.