On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium.

Dr Judith Swaddling is an Assistant Keeper in the Greek and Roman ... and the site of ancient Olympia. She acted as consultant for a documentary video on the ancient Olympics made for the ...

A view of the ancient ruins of the Stadium at ... The lovely sanctuary of Olympia was remote, nestled in Greece’s southwest corner 210 miles from Athens, so to get there most spectators had ...

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 ...

First, though, a walking tour of Athens ... and for Greece this was their reality, its inhabitants having the £6.3bn bill – almost double what was anticipated – of staging the Olympics ...

Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...

Olympia, Greece, where the weather reaches a ... one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC. Olympia also boasts the Temple of Hera, a ...

Their work on the Olympic Games left Greece with a stronger economy, a 21st Century infrastructure, a renewed national pride and the greater respect of the world." The Athens Olympics chief says ...

A very different kind of Olympics is underway in Rio de Janeiro to honour the original games in Ancient Greece - where all ... are a throwback to the ancient Greek athletes who also played in ...

ATHENS--Greece's Olympic ... The Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch relay got under way on Thursday when the flame was lit by the rays of the sun in ancient Olympia in a ceremony that was scaled down ...