She is author of The Ancient Olympic Games, a guide to both the games and the site of ancient Olympia. She acted as consultant for a documentary video on the ancient Olympics made for the ...

It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World! One story tells of ... Only men, boys and unmarried girls were allowed to go to the Olympic Games. Married women were not allowed.

After exploring the ancient natural history of Paris ... You will see this river often in the Olympics and several swimming events even take place in its waters. The Parisii were skilled craftsmen ...

Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Games, like our modern Olympics, included champions and cheaters, glory and scandals, bitter ...

Let's take a look at some big moments in the history of the Olympic Games. Dancers dressed as priestesses ... lighting of the Olympic flame in Ancient Olympia, Greece, Thursday, April 21, 2016.

Games were held all over ancient Greece ... known as the "winner's curse" – have a long history. Debts from the 1976 Montreal Olympics were only paid off in 2006. Revenues do not cover spending ...

Wrestling was part of the Ancient Olympic Games in Greece ... point takedown that made him the first black wrestling gold medalist in Olympic history. Entering the 1984 Olympics, the U.S. had never ...

Rome owed the Olympics. It was a Roman emperor, Theodosius II, who had brought the ancient Olympics to an abrupt halt in 393AD because he considered them to be pagan. Fittingly, the Romans blended ...

The Olympic Games are heralded as one of the oldest sporting events in history, dating back to ancient Greece. But were the Greek Olympics actually influenced by the existence of a very similar ...