The archaeological site of ancient Olympia is rich with history and littered ... The birthplace of the Olympics, with its temples and stadium, had vanished. The site remained lost until British ...

A view of the ancient ruins of the Stadium at Olympia with its centerpiece 210-yard track. Roger Wood/Corbis In the hills above Olympia, I awoke before dawn, feeling bleary-eyed from the Greek ...

Outgoing President Thomas Bach, in his speech at the Olympic academy near the ancient stadium, made only a fleeting reference to Thursday's key vote where seven candidates will take a shot at ...

honoring the historical birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games, which date back to 776 BC. Once lit, 600 torchbearers carried the flame through 41 Greek towns to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.

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

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.

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — Seven candidates in the IOC presidential election came to the most sacred Olympic site on Tuesday, two days before the contest to elect a new leader. Rain at ...

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 ...

Outgoing President Thomas Bach, in his speech at the Olympic academy near the ancient stadium, made only a fleeting reference to Thursday's key vote where seven candidates will take a shot at ...