The next time you watch the extravaganza that is the modern Olympic Games, consider this: It all started with a simple footrace. To history lovers like me, the Sanctuary of Olympia — the religious ...

As the first rays of morning light pierce through the clouds and fall upon these ancient ruins, a fine rain quietly descends. The raindrops fall on stone columns, statues, and crumbling walls, as if ...

An ancient bronze griffin's head returns today to the same museum in ancient Olympia from where it was stolen in the 1930s.

While one legends claims the games were established by Heracles (Hercules), who brought a sacred olive tree to Olympia ... (from which the name of the Peloponnese region of Greece originates ...