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Following  the official go-ahead given on Wednesday by Greece's  Central Archaeological Council (KAS), the ancient Olympia site will soon acquire a Botanical Garden. The...

A wildfire that broke out yesterday evening in a forest near ancient Olympia was reported as partially contained this morning.  Twenty fully equipped vehicles...

The Olympic Torch relay got underway Friday on a five-continent [...]

Ancient athletes accomplished many astonishing feats of sport in antiquity. But what diet fueled these ancient athletes and Olympians?

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece. Forming the backdrop to...

The trireme "Olympias," the world's only working model of an ancient trireme, will be available again this summer to the public for tours. The iconic...

Ancient Olympia has once again highlighted as a monument to world cultural heritage, following the recent discovery of possibly the oldest copy of Homer's...

Olympia was the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, which were celebrated every four years by the Greeks. Olympia is situated in a valley...

The ancient Greek trireme “Olympias,” a replica of the ancient warship that helped the ancient Greeks defeat the Persians in Salamis 2,500 years ago,...

Sacred geometry is a concept developed in ancient times grounded on the idea that the world is created based on a consistent geometrical pattern