Coroebus was victorious in the year 776 BC, but this was probably not the year of the first Olympic games. A few ancient writers ... look at me as I entered the stadium." They praised him when ...

Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium by walking under this archway. The ancient games were also a religious festival, held in honour of Zeus, the king of the gods.

Fittingly, the Romans blended the old and new. They built a brand-new Olympic Stadium that could hold 100,000 but also converted magnificent ancient buildings for other competitions, such as ...

Per tradition, the torch was lit on April 15 in Olympia, Greece, honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the ...

The Rio 2016 Olympic Torch relay begins ... will take place in the Athens Panathenaic Stadium on April 27. Written and reported by Karen Rosenin Ancient Olympia. For general comments or questions ...

Ancient Olympics - Yep, just like in the movies, the original Olympic Games had chariot racing events. Both 2-horse and 4-horse chariots made 12 laps around a stadium track and the winners were ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA (Greece), September 29 (Itar-Tass) -The ceremony of lighting the flame of the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi started in Ancient Olympia in the west of the Greek Peloponnese ...

where he used to play with friends among the ancient stadium ruins. "For the ancient Greeks, the Olympics were about the elevation of the human to the level of the Divine — a form of deification ...